Ilkley Literature Festival is running competitions for both short stories and poems with separate categories for adults and youngsters.
The short story competition will be judges by novelist Mavis Cheek and has a prize of £200. Stories can be up to is up to 3,000 words on any subject.
The poetry competition prize is a one week course at the Arvon Foundation, poems can be up to 30 lines. All entries must be previously unpublished and there is a £4 entry fee. All winners and runners up will have the opportunity to read at the Festival in October.
Entries must be in by September 1st more details are available at the festival website - www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk.
For the youngest writers there is a poetry competition with three age categories and for those in years 7-13 a short story and poem competition with certificates and book token prizes. Closing date Monday September 29. Again winners will have a chance to read their work out during the festival.
The festival takes place between Friday October 3rd and Sunday October 19th.
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Josie Whitehead wrote...
Dear Susan Humphreys
I am an Ilkley children's poet and I take the children's corner of the Ilkley Literature Festival.
At the moment I have 500 of my new poems in the hands of Mr S Sharp, A M S Educational Publishers, Leeds and the first anthology will be going into schools and bookstores next year.
I have a new poetry website which attracts thousands of people, especially children and teachers because I write a lot of poetry for children.
www.josiespoems.webeden.co.uk
Posted by: Josie Whitehead | November 2, 2008 3:03 PM