The Christopher Tower Poetry Competition run by Christ Church College, Oxford is challenging full-and part-time students aged 16 to 18 to write a poem about “floods” by March 8. First, second and third prizes are pound;1,500, pound;750and pound;500. Winners’ schools and colleges also receive cash prizes.A new website is being developed to support poetry in secondary schools. It features the prize-winning poems from last year’s competition, won by Rebecca Dudley, 17, High Storrs School, Sheffield. Tel: 01865 286591. E-mail: info@towerpoetry.org.uk Web: www.towerpoetry.org.uk