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Previous New Writers awardees

2023

Alessandra Thom's headshot'
Alessandra Thom
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Craig Aitchison's headshot'
Craig Aitchison
Scots | Poetry
Dervla Johanna's headshot'
Dervla Johanna
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Dòmhnall Eòghainn MacKinnon 's headshot'
Dòmhnall Eòghainn MacKinnon
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction (Gaelic)
Eloise Birtwhistle's headshot'
Eloise Birtwhistle
Poetry
Hannah McDonald's headshot'
Hannah McDonald
Callan Gordon Award: Fiction
Henry Coles's headshot'
Henry Coles
Children's and YA
Medha Singh's headshot'
Medha Singh
Poetry
Oliver Robertson's headshot'
Oliver Robertson
Spoken Word
Robbie MacLeòid's headshot'
Robbie MacLeòid
Poetry (Gaelic)
Sonali Misra's headshot'
Sonali Misra
Children's and YA

2022

Agata Maslowska's headshot'
Agata Maslowska
Poetry
Armarna Forbes's headshot'
Armarna Forbes
Children's and YA
Dougie Strang's headshot'
Dougie Strang
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Eimear Bush's headshot'
Eimear Bush
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Firas Ibrahim's headshot'
Firas Ibrahim
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Helena Fornells Nadal's headshot'
Helena Fornells Nadal
Poetry
Lindsay Hirst's headshot'
Lindsay Hirst
Children's and YA
Rae Cowie's headshot'
Rae Cowie
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Roshni Gallagher's headshot'
Roshni Gallagher
Poetry
Shelagh Campbell's headshot'
Shelagh Campbell
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction (Gaelic)

2021

Beth Frieden's headshot'
Beth Frieden
Gaelic Poetry
Deborah Chu's headshot'
Deborah Chu
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Gillian Shearer's headshot'
Gillian Shearer
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Hannah Nicholson's headshot'
Hannah Nicholson
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Hazel Knox's headshot'
Hazel Knox
Children's and YA
Nasim Rebecca Asl's headshot'
Nasim Rebecca Asl
Poetry
Roddy Neithercut's headshot'
Roddy Neithercut
Gaelic Fiction
Sally Costelloe's headshot'
Sally Costelloe
Children's and YA
Samantha Dooey-Miles's headshot'
Samantha Dooey-Miles
Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction
Tim Craven's headshot'
Tim Craven
Poetry
Thomas Stewart's headshot'
Thomas Stewart
Poetry

2020

Shirley Gillan's headshot'
Shirley Gillan
Fiction
Patrick James Errington's headshot'
Patrick James Errington
Poetry (Callan Gordon Award)
Màiri Anna NicUalraig's headshot'
Màiri Anna NicUalraig
Gaelic Poetry
Marianne MacRae's headshot'
Marianne MacRae
Poetry
Lyndsey Croal's headshot'
Lyndsey Croal
Children's and YA
Luca Serra's headshot'
Luca Serra
Fiction
Liam Hagan's headshot'
Liam Hagan
Fiction
Krishan Coupland's headshot'
Krishan Coupland
Children's and YA
Ioannis Kalkounos's headshot'
Ioannis Kalkounos
Poetry
Eris Young's headshot'
Eris Young
Fiction
Anne Hay's headshot'
Anne Hay
Poetry
Andreas G. Wolff's headshot'
Andreas G. Wolff
Gaelic narrative non-fiction
Bert Thomson's headshot'
Bert Thomson
Fiction

2019

Angela Drinnan's headshot'
Angela Drinnan
Fiction
Heather Palmer's headshot'
Heather Palmer
Fiction (comics)
Nick Summers's headshot'
Nick Summers
Narrative non-fiction
Ross McCleary's headshot'
Ross McCleary
Fiction
Sarah Smith's headshot'
Sarah Smith
Fiction
Alice Tarbuck's headshot'
Alice Tarbuck
Poetry
Henry Bell's headshot'
Henry Bell
Poetry
Rachel Rankin's headshot'
Rachel Rankin
Poetry
Bobby Finn's headshot'
Bobby Finn
Children's and YA
June Graham's headshot'
June Graham
Gaelic Children's Fiction
Sheila M. Averbuch's headshot'
Sheila M. Averbuch
Children's and YA
Liam Alastair Crouse's headshot'
Liam Alastair Crouse
Gaelic Poetry

2018

Aileen Ballantyne's headshot'
Aileen Ballantyne
Samantha Clark's headshot'
Samantha Clark
Beth Cochrane's headshot'
Beth Cochrane
A. E. Daly's headshot'
A. E. Daly
Mary Fitzpatrick
Nadine Aisha Jassat's headshot'
Nadine Aisha Jassat
Eilidh McCabe's headshot'
Eilidh McCabe
Fiona McKeracher's headshot'
Fiona McKeracher
Duncan Stuart Muir
Rhona Warwick
Sasha Thanisch
(Short Stories) Callan Gordon Award

2017

Simon Brown's headshot'
Simon Brown
Lydia Harris's headshot'
Lydia Harris
Sally Huband's headshot'
Sally Huband
Christine Jean Laurenson's headshot'
Christine Jean Laurenson
Children's and Young Adults
Morag Law's headshot'
Morag Law
Gaelic New Writers Award
Helen MacKenzie
Children's and Young Adults
Ciara MacLaverty's headshot'
Ciara MacLaverty
Poetry
Laura Morgan's headshot'
Laura Morgan
Marion Morrison's headshot'
Marion Morrison
Gaelic New Writers Award
Anna Stewart's headshot'
Anna Stewart
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Molly Vogel's headshot'
Molly Vogel
Poetry
Elisabeth Ingram Wallace's headshot'
Elisabeth Ingram Wallace
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction

2016

Karen Ashe's headshot'
Karen Ashe
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Iain Bain
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Jen Cooper
Poetry
Karyn Dougan's headshot'
Karyn Dougan
Callan Gordon Award - Fiction
Peta Freestone's headshot'
Peta Freestone
Children's and Young Adults
Sarah Unwin Jones
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Vicky MacKenzie's headshot'
Vicky MacKenzie
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Jane Macleod
Gaelic New Writers Award
Robert McGinty's headshot'
Robert McGinty
Children's and Young Adults
Louise Peterkin
Poetry
Rachel Plummer's headshot'
Rachel Plummer
Poetry
Eoghan Stewart's headshot'
Eoghan Stewart
Gaelic New Writers Award
Greg Whelan's headshot'
Greg Whelan
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction

2015

Rachelle Atalla's headshot'
Rachelle Atalla
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Declan Colgan's headshot'
Declan Colgan
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Basil Davies
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Aiko Greig's headshot'
Aiko Greig
Poetry
Stephen Keeler
Poetry
Lindsay Macgregor
Poetry
Julie Martis's headshot'
Julie Martis
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Marion Anna NicNèill's headshot'
Marion Anna NicNèill
Gaelic New Writers Award
Greg MacThòmais
Gaelic New Writers Award
Michael Richardson's headshot'
Michael Richardson
Claire Squires's headshot'
Claire Squires
Children's and Young Adults
Olga Wojtas's headshot'
Olga Wojtas
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction

2014

Orla Broderick's headshot'
Orla Broderick
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Jonathan Durie's headshot'
Jonathan Durie
Callan Gordon Award - Poetry
Juliette Forrest's headshot'
Juliette Forrest
Children's and Young Adults
Alison Gray's headshot'
Alison Gray
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Bridget Kursheed's headshot'
Bridget Kursheed
Poetry
Martin MacInnes's headshot'
Martin MacInnes
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Ann Elizabeth Mackinnon's headshot'
Ann Elizabeth Mackinnon
Poetry
Calum Macleod's headshot'
Calum Macleod
Gaelic New Writers Award
Lindsay McKrell's headshot'
Lindsay McKrell
Children's and Young Adults
Philip Murnin's headshot'
Philip Murnin
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Steven Ritchie
Gaelic New Writers Award
Em Strang's headshot'
Em Strang
Poetry
Malachy Tallack's headshot'
Malachy Tallack
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction

2013

Graeme McCrae Burnett's headshot'
Graeme McCrae Burnett
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Rob Currie's headshot'
Rob Currie
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Brian Hamill's headshot'
Brian Hamill
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Sylvia Hehir's headshot'
Sylvia Hehir
Children's and Young Adults
Lynsey May's headshot'
Lynsey May
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Marion McCready's headshot'
Marion McCready
Poetry
Lucy Ribchester's headshot'
Lucy Ribchester
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Catherine Simpson's headshot'
Catherine Simpson
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Katherine Sowerby
Poetry
Samuel Tongue's headshot'
Samuel Tongue
Callan Gordon Award - Poetry
Seonaid Macdonald
Gaelic New Writers Award
John Urquhart's headshot'
John Urquhart
Gaelic New Writers Award
John Young's headshot'
John Young
Children's and Young Adults

2012

Erika Anderson
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Claire Askew's headshot'
Claire Askew
Poetry
Pippa Goldschmidt's headshot'
Pippa Goldschmidt
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Katy McNair's headshot'
Katy McNair
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Andrew Sclater's headshot'
Andrew Sclater
Poetry
Helen Sedgwick's headshot'
Helen Sedgwick
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Richard Strachan's headshot'
Richard Strachan
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Seonaidh Charity
Gaelic New Writers Award
Cairistiona Stone's headshot'
Cairistiona Stone
Gaelic New Writers Award
Helen Godfrey's headshot'
Helen Godfrey
Children's and Young Adults

2011

Stephen Barrett's headshot'
Stephen Barrett
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Carol Farrelly's headshot'
Carol Farrelly
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Susan Kemp's headshot'
Susan Kemp
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Thom Laycock's headshot'
Thom Laycock
Poetry
R.A. Martens
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Wayne Price's headshot'
Wayne Price
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Tracey Rosenberg's headshot'
Tracey Rosenberg
Poetry
Maureen MacLeod's headshot'
Maureen MacLeod
Gaelic New Writers Award
Sandy NicDhomhnaill Jones
Gaelic New Writers Award

2010

Krystelle Bamford's headshot'
Krystelle Bamford
Poetry
Jane Flett's headshot'
Jane Flett
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Roy Gill's headshot'
Roy Gill
Children's and Young Adults
Barry Gornell
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Kirsty Logan's headshot'
Kirsty Logan
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Garry Mackenzie's headshot'
Garry Mackenzie
Poetry
Allan Radcliffe
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
Katerina Vasiliou
New Writers Award
Iseabail NicIlleathain
Gaelic New Writers Award
Niall O'Gallagher's headshot'
Niall O'Gallagher
Gaelic Ignite Fellow

2009

George Anderson
New Writers Award
Celaen Chapman
New Writers Award
Kirstin Innes's headshot'
Kirstin Innes
Fiction/Narrative Non-fiction
William Letford
Poetry
Ross McGregor
New Writers Award
Eve Thomson's headshot'
Eve Thomson
New Writers Award
Tat Usher
New Writers Award
Nicola White's headshot'
Nicola White
New Writers Award