DON'T forget there is still time to enter the Daily Echo short story and poetry competition. Closing date: Friday 26 April.

Short Story: word limit 1,500 words.

Theme: A City Mystery

Judge: Russell Celyn Jones (current judge of the

Booker Prize)

Poetry: line limit: 30 lines, any form or subject

Theme: Sailing into Hope

Judge: Elizabeth Bewick.

You can e-mail your poem or story to Polly using the link above.