We at ESU Scotland are very excited at being given the opportunity to host the next World Members’ Conference in Edinburgh in September 2008.
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Inspired? Get Writing!
Entries are now invited for the 4th year of this very popular competition for both children and adults.
The competition is co-organised with the
National Galleries of Scotland
and the Scottish Poetry Library.
Competition Guidelines and Rules
Who is the competition for? The competition is open to all. Entries will be placed in one of five
categories, as follows:
- Category A - Under 12 years
- Category B - 12-15 years
- Category C - 16-18 years
- Category D - Unpublished adults
- Category E - Published adults
How do I know if I am a published or unpublished writer? You should enter in the published category
if your work has been published by a third party in a book, magazine, pamphlet or newspaper.
What do I have to do? Write a short poem or piece of prose inspired by one of the works in the
collections of the National Galleries of Scotland. The work may be selected from any of the NGS galleries
(The National Gallery of Scotland, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, The Scottish National Gallery of
Modern Art, The Dean Gallery, The Royal Scottish Academy, Duff House and Paxton House).
Images of many of the works can be accessed through the Online Collection. Please ensure that the work selected
is part of the National Galleries of Scotland's permanent collection (unfortunately a number of entries were
disqualified last year on this account).
As a guideline, pieces should not be significantly over 1,000 words in length. Entries should be in the
English language and prose pieces should be typed with double spacing.
When, where and how do I send my entries? All entries must be submitted by Friday 23rd January 2009.
Email entries should be submitted to: development@esuscotland.org.uk. Please give your name and the required
details on a separate final page of the
attachment.
If you do not have email, please post your entry to:
English-Speaking Union Scotland
23 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HQ
A maximum of 5 entries can be submitted by any one person. Each submission should state clearly both
within the email message and on a separate final page of the entry:
- Category entered A, B, C, D or E
- NAME of work that inspired the entry, NAME OF ARTIST and LOCATION OF ARTWORK
- Where work was viewed – name of gallery or online
- Name of entrant
- Address (for categories A, B and C please give both home address and name of contact teacher and
school address of appropriate)
- Contact telephone number (both home and school)
- Email address (both home and school)
Entries cannot be returned and participants are strongly advised to keep a copy of their original work.
Entrants consent to National Galleries of Scotland, English-Speaking Union and Scottish Poetry Library
using the winning entries for any publicity or promotional activities.
Why should I enter? Ten awards will be made within each of the five categories - winner, two
runners up and seven highly commended. Awards will be made as follows:
Highly Commended – public reading of the work (or extracts from the work) at a public event at
the National Gallery of Scotland on Thursday 7th May 2009 with post event refreshments for invited guests.
Runners up – as above with the addition of free entry for two at all National Galleries of Scotland
exhibitions for one year and two volumes of published work relating to art and poetry.
Winners – as above with the addition of winning work published in the Scotsman newspaper
(the Scotsman reserve the right to edit).
The winner in the Unpublished Writers Category will also be offered a free place on a prestigious creative
writing course. The winner in each school age category will be invited, with their entire class, to participate
in a free guided tour and creative writing workshop at National Galleries of Scotland. There will be assistance
with transport costs.
An Inspired? Get Writing! book, featuring the work of the winners and runners-up in the 2005/6 and 2006/7
competitions, has been published by the National Galleries of Scotland in association with SQA (Scottish
Qualifications Authority). This is available for sale at the ESU, in the National Galleries Shops and the Scottish Poetry Library.
It can also be purchased
online from www.nationalgalleries.org
It is hoped that a second volume featuring the work of future winners and runners up
will be published in 2009.
All adult entrants will be offered a year’s free membership of the English–Speaking Union.
The winners of the competition will be decided by a panel of judges appointed by the participating organisations.
The decision of the judges will be final.
Results The results of the competition will be announced by Friday 10th April 2009, and will be published on
this website, National Galleries of Scotland and the Scottish Poetry Library websites. There will be a public reading
of the winning entries at the National Gallery of Scotland on Thursday 7th May 2009
Should you require any further information please
contact Suzanne Ensom
at the English-Speaking Union on 0131 229 1528.
Inspired? Get Writing! 2007-08
Lat year the competition received a record 848 entries.
The winners were:
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Under 12 years
Category A
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Stuart Aitken
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1st Place
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Isle of Islay
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Freya Dixon-van Dijk
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Runner-up
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Edinburgh
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Amy Thompson
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Runner-up
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Isle of Islay
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Sophie MacLeod
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Special Merit
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Kinlochbervie Sutherland
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Emily McCullagh
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Special Merit
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Perth
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Lucy Ann Rae
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Delilah Fawcett
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Special Merit
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East Lothian
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Saskia Harper
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Special Merit
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Aberdeen
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Sally Blaylock
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Special Merit
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Kelso
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Esme Pringle
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Special Merit
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Peeblesshire
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12- 15 years
Category B
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Fiona Ritchie
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1st Place
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Kilmalcolm
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Phoebe Fisher
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Runner-up
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Edinburgh
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Taylor Watson-Fargie
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Runner-up
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Clackmannanshire
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Michael A Hunter
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Special Merit
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Clackmannanshire
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Stuart Wright
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Special Merit
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Kilmalcolm
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Katie Headridge
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Special Merit
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Angus
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Annie Liddle
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Kate Williams
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Tommy Pia
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Manakan Christie
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Special Merit
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Newburgh
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16-18 years
Category C
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Andrew McCormack
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1st Place
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Paisley
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Sandi Aitchison
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Runner-up
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Angus
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Calum Gardner
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Runner-up
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Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire
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Ruth Mainland
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Special Merit
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Shetland
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Ceris Aston
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Special Merit
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Dumfriesshire
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Lynne Mackie
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Lucy Hall
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Special Merit
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East Kilbride
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Philippa Cowie
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Special Merit
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Angus
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Catriona Jardine
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Special Merit
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Clackmannanshire
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Nicola Verra
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Special Merit
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Banchory, Aberdeenshire
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unpbublished adults
Category D
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Andy Jackson
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1st Place
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Tayport, Fife
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David Bell Nicholson
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Runner-up
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Cumbria
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Roxanne Paris
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Runner-up
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Edinburgh
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Anna Dickie
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Special Merit
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Haddington
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Margaret Lynn Stewart
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Special Merit
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Annan
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Pete Goldsack
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Donald McKenzie
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Special Merit
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Inverness
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Alison Summers
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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Kim Patrick
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Special Merit
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Lanarkshire
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D M Abbott
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Special Merit
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Edinburgh
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published adults
Category E
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Ian McDonough
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1st Place
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Edinburgh
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Alan Gay
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Runner-up
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East Lothian
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Rob A Mackenzie
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Runner-up
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Edinburgh
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Ashley Lennon
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Special Merit
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Glasgow
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Heather Reid
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Special Merit
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Abernethy, Perthshire
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Morgan Downie
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Special Merit
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Perth
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Lesley Harrison
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Special Merit
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Mongolia/Dundee
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Alan Gay
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Special Merit
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East Lothian
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Julia Bohanna
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Special Merit
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Reading
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Lesley Harrison
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Special Merit
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Mongolia/Dundee
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