{"id":1687,"date":"2021-05-19T12:42:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2021-05-19T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:37:50","slug":"wigtown-poetry-prize-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanscottishfoundation.com\/programs\/?p=1687","title":{"rendered":"Wigtown Poetry Prize 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wigtown<\/a> in Scotland is known as Scotland’s National Book Town and is internationally renowned as the home of the<\/span> Wigtown Book Festival <\/a>which is this year scheduled for September 23rd – October 3rd 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Wigtown Poetry Prize<\/a>, Scotland’s International Poetry Prize is open to all throughout the world and is\u00a0one of the UK’s best established writing competitions and a launchpad for many writers’ careers.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Refreshed and rebranded in 2019, the Wigtown Poetry Prize welcomes entries from poets writing in English wherever they may live.\u00a0Separate categories celebrate the best of Scottish Gaelic and Scots language poetry, a special category acknowledges a rising talent in Dumfries & Galloway, and a pamphlet prize is named in memory of Alastair Reid – local poet and one of Scotland’s foremost literary figures.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The competition closes on 31 May 2021, with a prize-giving at Wigtown Book Festival in the autumn.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Details on the rules and fees are available here<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Enter the Wigtown Poetry Prize here<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Prizes:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Wigtown Prize: \u00a31500<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Runner-up: \u00a3200<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Wigtown Scots Prize: \u00a3500<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Runner-up: \u00a3200<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Supported by Saltire Society<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Prize: \u00a3500<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Runner-up: \u00a3200<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Supported by The Gaelic Books Council<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Professional support including mentoring by Wigtown Festival Company and a retreat at Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
30 copies of a\u00a0pamphlet of your work set by Gerry Cambridge<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Invitation to Read at<\/strong> StAnza 2022<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
A winner of one or more categories will be selected at the discretion of StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival and Wigtown Festival Company<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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