In addition to the £1,500 main prize, there are Scots and Scottish Gaelic categories, plus a new £150 Dumfries and Galloway Fresh Voice Award.Īdrian Turpin, Wigtown Festival Company director, said: “Scotland is a country with a strong poetic tradition expressed in many tongues and we are committed to supporting this richness and diversity. Billed as Scotland’s international poetry competition, and run by Dumfries and Galloway’s Wigtown Festival Company, in association with the Saltire Society, Scottish Poetry Library and The Gaelic Books Council it has a total prize pot of more than £3,000. The 2018 Wigtown Poetry Competition has been launched with an invitation for poets from across the world to take part.īased in Scotland's National Book Town the competition has, over more than a decade, become one of the UK's best-established writing prizes and a launchpad for many writers' careers.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |