Inspired? Get writing! Creative Writing Competition
The Inspired? Get writing! competition is a three-way partnership between the
National Galleries of Scotland,
the English-Speaking Union Scotland
and the Scottish Poetry Library. This year's competition closed in January
with over 800 entries from all over Scotland, and as far away as Hong Kong!
Once again the competition was supported by the Scotsman, and generously sponsored
by The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust
and the Educational Institute of Scotland.
Inspired? Get writing! Publications
The Inspired? Get writing! competition has resulted in two very fine National Galleries of Scotland publications featuring
the top three winning entries in each of five categories. The 2008/09 edition is available from the gallery
shops and the ESU, so why not check
out the competition?
If you would like to know more about the competition please
contact Suzanne Ensom
at the English-Speaking Union on 0131 229 1528.
Inspired? Get Writing! 2009/10
The winners are:
|
Under 12 years
Category A
|
|
|
|
Jamie Arnaud
|
1st Place
|
Perth
|
|
Jessica Mustard
|
Runner-up
|
Perth
|
|
Yevgenya Morrison-Ignatieff
|
Runner-up
|
Perth
|
|
Chloe Thorburn
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Lucy Middleton
|
Special Merit
|
Fife
|
|
Ellen Woodhouse
|
Special Merit
|
Penicuik, Midlothian
|
|
Sophie Brown
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Eilidh Macmillan
|
Special Merit
|
Isle of Islay
|
|
Marge Urquhart
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Charles Francis
|
Special Merit
|
Glasgow
|
|
12- 15 years
Category B
|
|
|
|
Annie Forbes
|
1st Place
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Niamh Francis
|
Runner-up
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Annie Forbes
|
Runner-up
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Tommy Pia
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
James Gao
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Rosie Sumner
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Aiden Johnson
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Jessamy Cowie
|
Special Merit
|
Nairn
|
|
Lauren Cage
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Saskia Cooper
|
Special Merit
|
Kilmacolm
|
|
16-18 years
Category C
|
|
|
|
Darcy Carson
|
1st Place
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
|
Ellen Kendrik
|
Runner-up
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Zoe Storrie
|
Runner-up
|
Sanquhar
|
|
Andrew Murray Danet
|
Special Merit
|
Alness, Ross-shire
|
|
Calista Winstanley
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Darcy Carson
|
Special Merit
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
|
Naomi Temple
|
Special Merit
|
Dumfries
|
|
Charlotte Singleton
|
Special Merit
|
Dumfries
|
|
Unpublished adults
Category D
|
|
|
|
Laura Helyer
|
1st Place
|
Dumfries
|
|
Philip Murnin
|
Runner-up
|
Glasgow
|
|
Laura Helyer
|
Runner-up
|
Dumfries
|
|
Paul McQuade
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
George McGilvray Wilson
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Judith Stewart
|
Special Merit
|
Haddington
|
|
Tony Garner
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Nicola Murray
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Andrew Campbell
|
Special Merit
|
Kearsey, Brighton
|
|
Linda Burns
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Published adults
Category E
|
|
|
|
Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown
|
1st Place
|
Cambridge
|
|
Heather Reid
|
Runner-up
|
Abernethy, Perthshire
|
|
Andy Jackson
|
Runner-up
|
Fife
|
|
Kirstin Zhang
|
Special Merit
|
Inverclyde
|
|
Helen Lawrenson
|
Special Merit
|
Newport-on-Tay, Fife
|
|
Carey Morning
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Rafael Torrubia
|
Special Merit
|
Penicuik, Midlothian
|
|
Lesley Harrison
|
Special Merit
|
Orkney
|
|
Allan Crosbie
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
Jean Taylor
|
Special Merit
|
Edinburgh
|
|
