The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 is now open for entries.
The competition is open to anyone aged 11-17. It is FREE to enter and you can submit as many poems as you wish. Poems must be 40 lines or shorter.
The deadline to enter your poem(s) is midnight 31 July 2025.
Visit the competition website for more information.
Writers aged 16+ are invited to write a gothic story inspired by the city of Aberdeen, with the chance to win £300.
The competition winner and runner-up(s) will be announced at the 2025 WayWORD Festival in October.
To enter, short stories between 3,000-4,000 words should be submitted as Word Documents or PDFs by the 31st of July 2025.
If you’re looking for inspiration, visit the Fear and Fascination exhibition at the University of Aberdeen’s Sir Duncan Rice Library.
For more details, go to the competition website.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust would like your stories of Scotland’s wildlife and wild places within the theme: From source to sea.
Whether it’s a memorable moment on a riverside walk or an amazing experience at one of Scotland’s seabird colonies, they would love to hear about it.
Submissions can be up to 1,000 words long and written in any form: poem, letter, short story, essay, or song lyrics.
The deadline for entries 12 July.
Visit the competition website for more information.
