Would you like to see your short story or poem in print and win a cash prize"

Enter the latest Daily Echo Short Story Competition - and you could join the growing ranks of talented new writers being discovered by the Daily Echo each quarter.

The competition is in two categories, Short Story and Poetry. The winners in each category will be published in the Creative Writing Supplement on May 18, and winners in each category will receive £150, with £75 for second place and £50 for third.

There will also be five highly commended places, and all winners will receive their prizes at a special presentation evening at the Daily Echo, where there will be an opportunity to meet the judges and members of the Daily Echo staff. Lots more entries will published on the Creative Corner website.

Before entering the competition, make sure you read and follow the rules!

The 90th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic this year gives the inspiration for the poetry theme: Sailing into Hope. The Titanic is only the inspiration however - you do not have to write your poem about this.

There is no restriction on form or approach to the theme, but poems must not exceed 30 lines.

The judge of the poetry competition is Elizabeth Bewick, a poet who has lived in Winchester for more than 40 years. She has been writing poetry for most of her life, but only considered publication in retirement. Her first book, Comfort Me With Apples was published in a limited edition in 1987. Heartsease, her first full collection, was published by Peterloo Poets in 1991, followed by Making a Roux from the same publisher in 2000. She has twice won the poetry trophy at the Writers" Weekend in Southampton. In 1994 she received the Southampton City Writers" annual award.

Theme: A City Mystery

Stories can approach the theme in any way, but must not exceed 1,500 words.

The judge of the short story competition is Russel Celyn Jones, acclaimed novelist and reviewer. Russell Celyn Jones is the author of five novels, including Soldiers and Innocents, which won the David Higham Prize, The Eros Hunter and Surface Tension, published in paperback this year (all available in Abacus). His short stories have been anthologised in various collections and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

He has been a staff lead fiction reviewer for The Times since 1997 and a past judge for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He has taught on the MA programme in creative writing at the University of East Anglia and is currently a lecturer at Warwick University.