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In any other year, August is an extremely busy time in the Ilkley Literature Festival office. The team would be eagerly awaiting delivery of the festival programme, frantically uploading 150+ events into the box office system ready for tickets…more

Ilkley Literature Festival are pleased to announce that our annual writing competitions are now open for entries.  Young People’s and Children’s Poetry Competitions  These are free-to-enter competitions…more

Walter Swan Poetry Prize 1st. Border Patrol by Deborah Ballantyne 2nd. What Are You, Puffin by Rob Miles 3rd. honey…more

In total we received over 200 entries for this year’s short story competition. Many entries drew on important social issues…more

Walter Swan Poetry Prize Shortlist 2019 Now in its fourth year, the Walter Swan Poetry Prize is open to all…more

Our Young People’s poetry competition is open for entries and this year, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon…more

The ILF Apprentice Poet in Residence position is a prestigious one for early career poets and is usually awarded to…more

We are delighted to announce that award-winning Northern Irish poet Colette Bryce will be Poet in Residence at the 2019…more

We are pleased to announce that our hotly anticipated annual poetry and short story writing competitions are now open for…more

Booking is now open for our annual Primary Schools Matinee event. Primary Schools Matinee with Robin Stevens Tuesday 1 October…more