2010 Adults’ Short Story and Poetry Competitions

Poetry              First prize £200   Judge:  Ruth Padel

Short Story       First prize £200   Judge: Barbara Trapido

All winners and runners up will have the opportunity to read at the Festival in October.

Short stories (3,000 words) and poems (up to 30 lines) – on any subject but must not previously have been published.
Entry fee: £4 per story or poem

Entry for the 2010 Competitions opened on 1st April 2010.

How to Enter

Download the ILF 2010 Adult Competition Rules and Form (.pdf 47KB) or alternatively send a stamped addressed envelope to:
Ilkley Literature Festival – Competition Form Request 

The Manor House
2 Castle Hill
Ilkley

West Yorkshire LS29 9DT.

Entries (plus entry form) should be sent to this address marked ‘Competition’.