THE HUNT is on to find Cumbria's best young poet.
Schoolchildren across the county are invited to enter the annual Rydal Mount Wordsworth Prize, organised by the descendants of William Wordsworth.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Wordsworth's most famous poem, Daffodils.
The poems this time will be on the theme: "I wandered..."
The winner will receive a £50 cash prize, a personal trophy and his or her name will be added to the roll of honour on the wall at Wordsworth's former home at Rydal Mount near Ambleside.
There are book prizes for the winners in various age categories.
Entries will be judged by the Wordsworth family.
Last year’s winner was 15 year old Heidi Ostell, a pupil at Trinity High School in Carlisle.
Her poem, Leviathan of the Forest, was deemed to be the best from more than 100 entries from school pupils across Cumbria.
The closing date for entries is Friday Feb 13 and an award ceremony will be held at Rydal Mount on Tuesday March 31.
Entry forms can be found at https://cumbrianewsandfeatures.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/entries-open-for-wordsworth-young-poet-award/
or via the Cumbria education department schools’ information portal.
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