Sir – Christopher Gray’s article talked about the writers Muriel Spark, Fay Maschler and Caitlin Moran ‘found by a writing competition’ (Gray Matter, January 5). Your readers might like to know that the UK’s most prestigious annual poetry competition for 16 to 18-year-olds throughout the UK is open for entries on the theme of ‘voyages’.

Organised by Tower Poetry, based at Christ Church, Oxford, the winner receives £3,000.

Full details on www.towerpoetry.org.uk Kathryn Grant, Christopher Tower Poetry administrator, Oxford