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2023 Book for Children Competition

28 February 202311 March 2025

First Prize £750. Second and third prizes £300 and £200. Plus £100 for a local author. Rachel Hamilton is a…

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2023 Short Story Competition

22 February 202311 March 2025

First Prize £750. Second and third prizes £300 and £200. Plus £100 for a local author. Claire Fuller’s much anticipated…

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Busy behind the scenes

2 November 2022

Many thanks again to Jo Shepherd for capturing the ins and outs of the Festival.

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The pictures speak volumes

31 October 2022

As you can probably guess from Jo Shepherd’s comprehensive pictorial round-up of our 30th Anniversary Festival, it was a record-breaking…

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2022 Young Poets Results

18 October 202211 March 2025

Congratulations to our young poet Joe Wright winning this year’s competition. Day Break in Tarbert The har is deep and…

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2022 Book for Children Results

18 October 202211 March 2025

2022 Winners Our thanks go to the shortlist team, to Lucy Cuthew our 2022 Book for Children Judge and to…

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2022 Short Story Results

18 October 202211 March 2025

2022 Winners Our thanks go to the shortlist team, to Lucy Jago, our 2022 Short Story Judge and to all…

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2022 Open Poetry Results

18 October 202211 March 2025

Congratulations to Carolyn Gillespie for her winning entry Black Bird-Shaped Hole Black Bird-Shaped Hole Like the sleep-drunk teenager back home,…

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2022 Prize Winners announced

18 October 202211 March 2025

While our 30th Anniversary Festival was in full swing, we were delighted to hold our traditional Poetry and Prize Giving event…

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Dotting the i i i i i i i i i i i ….. And crossing the t t t t t t t

12 October 2022

You’ve booked your tickets, double-checked the time your event/s will start and googled how best to get to Cedars Hall!What…

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