BUDDING Byrons and wannabe Wordsworths are being urged to enter this year's Waterside Arts Festival Poetry Competition.

Poems can be on any subject, and up to 30 lines long. There are prizes for children up to 11, up to 16, and adults.

Poems must be original work and those in the two junior classes must get a parent, teacher or guardian to sign a statement verifying this.

Entries to: Arts Festival Poetry Competition, 2 Admirals Way, Hythe, SO45 6RU by June 30. Include your name, age and address.