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Issue:- 15 May 2015

The Bridport Prize 2015

RODGER McGough, one of Britain's best loved poets and presenter of Radio 4's Poetry Please, has laid down a challenge to writers by inviting them to write a poem that he will wish he'd written himself.

Roger made his challenge as part of his role as Poetry Judge for this year's prestigious Bridport Prize competition.

He has also made a short film to encourage writers to send in their entries. In it he says it takes courage to enter your writing into competitions, but that he hopes lots of writers will do and he is looking forward to reading the poems. The film can be seen on YouTube.

The Bridport Prize, established in 1973 is one of the best known 'open' writing competitions in the English language, meaning both new and established writers are eligible to submit work. It regularly attracts entries from as far away as the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

There are 4 categories to the competition:- Poetry (up to 42 lines max); short stories (up to 5,000 words); flash fiction (very short stories of 250 words max.) and the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel (the opening chapters of a novel up to 8,000 words max.)

The judges for 2015 are Roger McGough for poetry and award-winning writers Jane Rogers for short stories, David Gaffney for flash fiction and Jane Feaver for novels.

The competition offers top prizes of £5,000 in the poetry and short story categories, £1,000 in the flash fiction and £1,000 plus up to a year's mentoring from project partners The Literary Consultancy for the winner of the PC-A novel award.

The winning poems, short stories and flash fiction stories are published in a Winners Anthology in the autumn and the winner and runner up in the novel award will have their opening chapters published on the Bridport Prize website.

The competition closing date is 31 May 2015, so there are still a couple of weeks to submit your poems and stories. Entries can be made online or by post by downloading an application and sending it to the address on the form.

Winners will be notified by mid September and formally announced at the Bridport prize-giving and online on 17 October 2015.

The Bridport Prize is the flagship project of Bridport Arts Centre in Dorset and raises vital funds for the Centre's work.

Merseytravel launch Baby on Board badges

Photo caption: Kat Taylor from Liverpool.

MUMS-to-be can now wear a Merseytravel 'baby on board' badge when travelling around the transport network. The brightly coloured yellow badges offer a subtle way of letting fellow passengers know that the wearer is pregnant.

The idea was suggested by Kat Taylor from Liverpool, who had heard about a similar scheme in London; she contacted Merseytravel who were quick to pick up on the idea.

Kat said:- "In the early stages no one can see that you are pregnant, so a badge would be useful to make sure the people around know you are expecting, in case you fall ill whilst travelling or so they can make space for you when getting on and off the bus."

Cllr Marlene Quinn, deputy chair of Merseytravel added:- "We aim to make sure that all of our passengers have a safe and comfortable journey and we thought this was a great, low cost way of improving the journey for expectant mums"

The badges are available from Merseytravel Centres across Merseyside.

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Deceased estates notice - Lilian May Jackam

Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925, any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of Lilian May Jackam (also known as Lillian May) Jackam (Deceased), late of Birch Abbey Rest Home, 55 Alexandra Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9HD, UK, who died on 04/10/2018, are required to send particulars thereof in writing, to the undersigned Solicitors, on or before 24/05/2019, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to claims and interests of which they have had notice. Churches Solicitors, 12 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BL, UK. Ref:- 'T553015.'

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