Adults’ Competitions

2012 Adults’ Poetry Competition


First prize £200   Judge: TBC


2012 Adult’s Short Story Competition

First prize £200   Judge:  TBC


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


Entries open 1st April 2012


How to Enter

Download the ILF 2012 Adult Competition Rules and Form (.doc) 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’.