Hello everyone. We are counting down to the start of the Festival tommorow... very excited. July will be our last theme for a while due to t...

Sarah James is a prize-winning poet, short story writer and journalist, who has been widely published on the web, in anthologies and literar...

Preparing Even the scissors' tail is a ringlet that curves to the hairdresser's finger. Snip. Silver glints. Snip. I sense movement,...

Hello everyone, Many problems for the delay in posting our May winner, it's been a bit busy at Ledbury HQ! I am delighted to announce t...

We here at Ledbury Poetry Festival HQ are a bit baffled that it's June already... crazy. So with another month comes another theme. Fo...

Helen Pletts has two collections of poetry, Bottle bank (2008) and For the chiding dove (2009), containing a total of 45 poems, published ...

Hello everyone, Hope the sun is shining where you are! Many thanks to our winner Helen who supplied us with a short biography!

Nuncle If I am his Then Sadness is My cloak. He gets me down. Even the bells frown, as he hobbles at my side. My shoes are over-twisted curl...

Hello hello, After a long period of deliberation again... we are pleased to announce the winner of our April 'The Fool' theme is Hel...

Thank You to all those who entertained us with their 'Fool'. The winning entry will be posted soon. Ledbury Poetry Festival