WORCESTER poets are needed to represent the city in the next National Poetry Anthology.

The annual anthology is made up of work by poets from the UK's towns and cities and now a poet from the Faithful City is needed.

Entry to the anthology is free and those who have their work published will receive a free copy.

It was designed to encourage new writers and has rapidly grown in popularity, said Peter Quinn, editor of the collection.

Entrants should send three poems about any subject up to 160 words long to United Press Ltd, 1 Yorke Street, Burnley, BB11 1HD before Saturday, June 30.

Those wanting a reply should also include a loose stamp in the application.