Poems submitted via HistoryPin or email must be the original work of the author, and must not have been previously published, broadcast or submitted to another competition. You will be notified by 1 October 2016 if your work is selected to be displayed as part of the project. The organisers’ decision about which poems to display is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning this decision. In order for your work to be considered for display the ‘Young People’ category, you must be at least 16 years of age, and under 21 years of age, on 1 October 2016.

Entry can be made via email or HistoryPin. The copyright of each poem remains with the author. Authors will grant Words for Walls and the University of Nottingham permission to publish or broadcast their poems.

Any data your give us (for example, your name, age or email address) will be stored and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act. It will not be used except for the purposes of this project. Words for Walls and the University of Nottingham are not responsible for the content or policies of external websites, including Historypin.