[Jayne Osborn]

Writing nonsense verse may be easier than writing about opera, for some of us. Here's the next competition, with £300 up for grabs for first prize and £150 for second. Good money for gibberish... so good luck

Jayne

From DEPUTY EDITOR TOM FLEMING:

For next month please write 24 lines or fewer of nonsense verse; the subject is your choice but the poems must rhyme and scan, and reach these offices by 30 October.
The Literary Review, 44 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LW
Fax: 020 7734 1844 or email editorial@literaryreview.co.uk

If you're not tired of festivals by now, one that might be worth going to is the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival.
It is, apparently, expanding, which can only be a good thing.