WORCESTERSHIRE wordsmiths are invited to put pen to paper to write a poem about the area they live in a national poetry competition.

Entries in the United Press Ltd competition must be on the subject of a town or area and the best will win £1,000 cash. Each poem must be no more than 25 lines, including blank lines, and 160 words. Each entrant can send up to three poems.

Poems can be emailed to info@unitedpress.co.uk or posted to United Press Ltd, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB by the closing date of New Year’s Eve.