The National Memory Day Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries! We are looking for your poems and short stories which evoke our theme of MEMORIES.

All entries should include a completed cover sheet and should not have been published in print or online previously. National Memory Day Creative Writing competition

Entries will be judged by leading writers, poets, professionals and a panel of young people.

Closing date for entries 5pm Friday 20th January 2017. The winners from each category will be announced at the National Memory Day celebrations on 18 May 2017.

The categories for entry are:

– Best Poem Award – Prize £4000
– Best Short Story Award – Prize £4000
– Plymouth University Best Young Writer aged 15 -18 Award – Prize £2000
– Best Primary Carer Voice Award – Prize £2000

All funds raised by the Creative Writing Competition will go towards placing Poets-in-Residence in Memory Cafes around the UK to work with people living with memory loss. This project is delivered in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society, Plymouth University and the Poetry Archive.

For more information and to apply