The closing date for Off the Stanza, a poetry competition to tie with the Off the Page Stirling book festival, is 31 July. Entrants are restricted to three poems each, with a maximum cost for three entries of £5. First prize is a Sony e-reader and a £50 book token, and the first three winning poems will be published in Poetry Scotland. The prizegiving/reading is on 13 September during the book festival. Entry form