We’re delighted to announce that once again to mark National Poetry Day 2021 (celebrated this year on Thursday 7 October), the Federation of Writers Scotland would like to invite members to contribute to a Patchwork Poem on this year’s NPD theme of ‘Choice’.

• The project welcomes contributions from FWS members only

• Single lines, poetry fragments (20 lines max.) or a whole poem (20 lines max.) should be sent to Anne Clarke at [email protected] no later than midnight on 31st August.

• Submissions can be new work or previously published (but please make sure you have permission to publish and credit the publisher/magazine etc where your work appeared)

For inspiration see Patchwork Poem 2020