Edinburgh Writing Awards provide opportunities for fiction and non-fiction writers and graphic novelists worldwide. They’ve added new awards, expanded opportunities for free entry, included options for feedback and more.
All proceeds are used to support the arts in Scotland.
Edinburgh Short Story Award
£3,000 first prize. Entries open now for writers worldwide and stories on any topic up to 2,000 words. Additional awards for unpublished writers and most amusing/bizarre story. Publication for top twenty stories in The Edinburgh Anthology. Entry fee: £11. Feedback on your story option available. Bursaries for free entry available for talented under-represented writers – bursary applications close 10 December. Deadline for paid entries 28 February. Managed by Scottish Arts Trust, registered charity. www.scottishartstrust/writing
Edinburgh Young Adult Novel Award
£1,500 first prize. Entries open now for writers and illustrators worldwide and novels/graphic novels suitable for readers age 12 and older. All genres welcome -comedy, romance, drama, horror, queer, realist, speculative fiction and more. All longlisted entries reviewed by LBA Literary Agency. Incomplete novels/graphic novels accepted. Entry fee: £15. Bursaries for free entry available for talented under-represented writers – bursary applications close 10 December. Deadline for paid entries 28 February. Managed by Scottish Arts Trust, registered charity. www.scottishartstrust/writing
Edinburgh Essay Award
£1,000 first prize. Publication for top fifteen entries in our new journal: The Edinburgh Essays. Open to non-fiction writers worldwide. We welcome cultural features, memoirs, travelogues, philosophical reflections, historic or contemporary analyses and more up to 2,000 words (excluding title and captions). Embedded photographs/graphics accepted. Entry fee: £10. Bursaries for free entry available for talented under-represented writers. Bursary applications close 10 December. Deadline for paid entries 28 February. Managed by Scottish Arts Trust, registered charity. www.scottishartstrust/writing
Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award
£2,000 first prize. Entries open 1 May to 31 August for writers worldwide and stories on any topic up to 2,000 words. Publication for top twenty stories in The Edinburgh Anthology. All genres welcome -comedy, romance, drama, queer, speculative fiction and more. Entry fee: £10. Feedback on your story option available. Bursaries for free entry available for talented under-represented writers. Bursary applications open from 1 May to 1 July. Managed by Scottish Arts Trust, registered charity. www.scottishartstrust/writing
Edinburgh True Flash Award
£500 first prize. Entries open 1 May to 31 August for non-fiction writers worldwide and stories up to 250 words. We welcome memoirs, creative non-fiction, and auto-fiction told in artful, original ways that entertain, amaze, bring us to tears or leave us outraged. Publication for top 10 stories in The Edinburgh Anthology. Entry fee: £10. Feedback on your story option available. Bursaries for free entry available for talented under-represented writers. Bursary applications open from 1 May to 1 July. Managed by Scottish Arts Trust, registered charity. www.scottishartstrust/writing
