The festival will publish a collection of work from poems submitted and will run an open mic at North Dalton on Saturday September 23rd, 11am-6pm. Entry is free and non-competitive.

Send us your work, themed or not, any form, tone, style. It might be inspired by the Yorkshire Wolds or by your own experiences in general. We want poets of any ability, experience, age and background to read or listen on the day - and anyone is welcome to come and read.

Free workshops

This year, we are also running three free workshops tied into the theme, with the idea of helping poets to produce work in advance of the closing date for book submissions:

1. Beverley Treasure House, Saturday, July 29th, Beverley, East Yorkshire
2. Skidby Mill, Tuesday, August 8th, Skidby, East Yorkshire
3. North Dalton's All Saints Church on Saturday, August 26th, North Dalton, East Yorkshire

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Watch a short film about last year's festival.

Please send your poetry submissions and/or to register for the open mic to highwoldspoetry@gmail.com

Deadlines:
Entries for the custom-designed festival book are free and should be emailed to highwoldspoetry@gmail.com by midnight on August 31st 2023.
Register for the Open Mic by emailing highwoldspoetry@gmail.com by Friday September 22nd.