We’re looking for poems of no more than 50 lines that are about your personal history but at the same time we’re looking for an individual history that has a universal resonance.

We’re especially interested in the interaction between the personal and the universal, in something that happened to you, or a thing that you witnessed, and which still colours your life and even that of others. It may well be the essence or theme of your life and you should present this in striking images.

Closing Date: 31 December 2012

Entry fee: none

Prize: £100 plus publication in our online magazine

Organised by: Holland Park Press

Contact: More information is available from: http://hollandparkpress.co.uk/magazine_detail.php?magazine_id=191&language=English