Poetry festival calls for contributions for book

Organisers of an East Yorkshire literary festival are calling for people to send in poems.

The High Wolds Poetry Festival is asking for work on the theme of Connections.

Each year the event is held in a Yorkshire Wolds village with Kilham being the venue this September.

A selection of the work submitted will be published in a free book.

The festival is open to poets of any age, ability or experience, East Riding of Yorkshire Council said.

In the run-up to the event, free writing workshops will be held in Beverley and North Newbald to help residents produce work to be submitted to the festival.

Festival co-ordinator Sarah Mills said the workshops were a "really vital part" of the event.

"They allow people to come together in a smaller setting and be inspired by different links to the festival theme," she said.

"Our first at Millington was very successful and helped to build writers' confidence focused on connections to the land, the geographical lie of the land as well as local stories and anecdotes about the area which always helps to bring stories alive."

Submissions for consideration for inclusion in the festival book are free and close at midnight on Friday 15 August.

They can be sent by email to [email protected] or by post to:

Festival Director, The High Wolds Poetry Festival, East Riding Museums, Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 8HE.

The festival takes place at Kilham Village Hall on 27 September.

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