Young poets in the Parkes electorate will be in the running to win cash for themselves and their schools if they enter the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards.
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Australia's largest and oldest poetry writing competition is offering prize money of up to $500 for category winners and $1000 for schools.
"The competition was hugely popular last year with more than 8500 students entering," federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton said.
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Mr Coulton said the optional theme for 2019 was 'Is there anybody there?' - a line from the poem 'The Listeners' by Walter De La Mare, a famous British poet.
The competition is run from Gunnedah by members of the community dedicated to the promotion of Dorothea Mackellar and her works.
Entries close June 30. Results are expected to be announced in early September.
For more information visit www.dorothea.com.au/How-to-Enter-awards.
