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Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2025
Oor Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2025 is noo open.
About the award
Are you someone with stories to share? Or a teacher working with young writers we should know about? We're looking for our next Scots writer of the year.
Stories, poems, spoken word pieces, comics, videos or other pieces of writing – we want to see it all, as long as it's in Scots and under 2,500 words or up to ten minutes long.
Our winner will receive their award and £100 of High Street Vouchers at a special ceremony in autumn 2025 (The Scots Language Awards, which will take place at Cumnock Town Hall/Cumnock Toon Ha on Saturday 13 September). They'll have the chance to receive their prize on stage and either read their work or have it read for them – but only if they want to!
The deadline for submitting is Wednesday 16 July at midday.
How to enter
All you need to do is fill out our online form.
Young Scots writers
Entering is easy, all we're looking for is:
- Up to 2500 words or 10 minutes of video/recording
Writing should be in Scots, whether you write a story, poem, comic, play, song or make a short video. You must be aged 11–18 to enter as an individual.
(this link will open in a new window)Young writers enter here
Teachers
Got a young Scots writer in your class who deserves to be recognised? We'd love for you to nominate them. You can nominate just one student or as many as you like. All you need to include is:
- Up to 2500 words or 10 minutes of video/recording (poems, stories, comics, videos) for each student
Your student's writing should be in Scots, but the nominations can be in Scots or English.
(this link will open in a new window)Teachers enter here
Looking for inspiration? Check out the Young Scots Writer o the Year 2024 winner and read the winning story.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at [email protected](this link will open in a new window).
Download a Young Scots Writer o the Year poster
Want to share news of the compeition with your community group, school library etc? Download a printable version of our poster to share online or print out for your walls.
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Young Scots Writer o the Year Award is run in partnership with Hands Up for Trad, Scots Hoose, Education Scotland and Scottish Government.
