2023 Young Poets Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Young Poets Competition this year. Congratulations to…
2023 Book for Children Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Book for Children Competition this year….
The numbers say it all
As a Festival of Literature our chief passion, obviously, is for words! But there are occasions when figures speak louder…
2023 Open Poetry Competition
First Prize £1000! Second and third prizes – £500 and £250 respectively. Plus £100 for a local poet. To be…
2023 Young Poets Competition
First Prize £150. Second and third prizes £75 and £50. Plus a year’s subscription to the Poetry Society. Deanna Rodger…
2023 Book for Children Competition
First Prize £750. Second and third prizes £300 and £200. Plus £100 for a local author. Rachel Hamilton is a…
2023 Short Story Competition
First Prize £750. Second and third prizes £300 and £200. Plus £100 for a local author. Claire Fuller’s much anticipated…
Busy behind the scenes
Many thanks again to Jo Shepherd for capturing the ins and outs of the Festival.
The pictures speak volumes
As you can probably guess from Jo Shepherd’s comprehensive pictorial round-up of our 30th Anniversary Festival, it was a record-breaking…
2022 Young Poets Results
Congratulations to our young poet Joe Wright winning this year’s competition. Day Break in Tarbert The har is deep and…