The winners of each competition, plus runners up and commended writers will be invited to read at the Festival in October 2017
In brief
- Entries can be on any subject
- Short stories should be up to 3,000 words
- Poems should be not more than 30 lines
- Closing date for receipt of entries: Tuesday 01 August 2017
- Prize winners will be notified by Thursday 28 September 2017
Fees
The entry fee is £5 per poem (you can send as many entries as you like) payable online or by cheque made out to ‘Ilkley Literature Festival’.
Postal entries from overseas can only be in cash (notes only, NO coins). We regret that overseas currency, cheques, money orders or drafts cannot be accepted. We can only accept payment in Sterling.
Walter Swan Trust Poetry Prize
1st Prize £200
2nd Prize £100
3rd Prize £75
Judge: Daljit Nagra
Short Story Competition
Sponsored by Leeds Trinity University
1st Prize £200
Judge: Natasha Pulley (The Watchmaker of Filligree Street)
For more information and to book your place