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2015 Children’s Writing Competition
Schools and individual children from Yorkshire and Lancashire are welcome to enter this competition.
Age Categories
- Reception, Year 1, Year 2
- Year 3 and 4
- Year 5 and 6
Years 7 – 13 have a separate Young People’s Poetry and Short Story Competition.
Prizes
- A special certificate.
- Book tokens, kindly provided by the Grove Bookshop Ilkley, and The Grammar School at Leeds
- Runners-up in each category, if the judges decide these are merited, will receive a certificate and a book.
- Winners will be invited to a special poetry event during this year’s Festival at Ilkley Playhouse.
Please download the full competition details before entering.
ILF15 Childrens Competition Rules and Form(.pdf)
Closing date: Friday 18 September 2015