Only members are eligible to enter our competitions.

There are currently no fees to enter any of our competitions.

All submissions are to be electronic. Only one entry is allowed per person.

If you have attended a few meetings before the first competition and wish to enter it, you may become a member in order to enter.

If you would like to enter our competitions, the process is as follows:

1) Create a Word doc or pdf of your document (please do not put your real name anywhere on this document, only a pseudonym) with the title in the header of every page (accessed by double-clicking the top of a document in Word)

2) If you cannot create a Word document or a pdf, please paste your text into the body of an email and the Competition Secretary will create a Word document for you

3) Send this email to Competition Secretary - Charlotte Bray at ewccompetitions@gmail.com. The subject of the email should follow this format: Subject: Edinburgh Writers Club Submission – ‘Name of Competition’ by 'Pseudonym

4) Please also attach a Word doc or pdf which has your real name, your pseudonym, and the title of your document.

5) These should arrive by midnight on the date of the competition entry.

6) Winners and feedback will be given on the meeting date specified in the programme.

Our first competition of the club year is for a short story that can be classified as HUMOUROUS WRITING. Details as follows:

Word Limit: 2000 words

Closing Date: This competition has now closed. Results will be announced at our meeting on 11th November at the Quaker Meeting House

One entry per author - and entries from club members only please

Our judge for this competition will be Ingrid Jendrzejewski, who led our workshop on 30th September

Please see above 'Competition Rules' section for information on how to submit your entry.

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Our second competition of the year will be a POETRY competition. Details as follows:

Line Limit: 40 Lines

Theme: Home

Closing Date: 11:59pm on 18th November 2024

One entry per author - and entries from club members only please

Our judge for this competition will be Anne Hamilton, who will lead our workshop on 28th October.

Please see above 'Competition Rules' section for information on how to submit your entry.

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Our third competition of the year will be judged by Lesley Kelly, who spoke to us in March 2025 on the area of GRITTY DYSTOPIAN FICTION. Details as follows:

Word Limit: 2000 words

Closing Date: 11:59pm on Tuesday 1st April 2025

One entry per author - and entries from club members only please

Entries should be within the genre of ‘gritty, dystopian fiction’, and should fit into either the theme of ‘Extravagance’ or ‘Indifference’.

Please see above 'Competition Rules' section for information on how to submit your entry.

2023 - 2024

Non-fiction Article Competition

Adjudicator: Olga Wojtas

Winner: Kirsty Cole Todd

Horror Competition

Adjudicator: Lindz McLeod

Winner: Annie Diao

Short Story Competition

Adjudicator: Kate Blackadder

Winner: Zebib K Abraham

Micro fiction In-house Competition

Adjudicated by club members

Winner: Alan Clarke

2022 - 2023

Writing for Children Competition

Adjudicator Alastair Chisholm

Winner: Kirsty Cole Todd

Poetry Competition

Adjudicators: Rosemary Hector and Angela Blacklock-Brown

1st Place - Kate Blackadder

2nd Place - Kathleen Hardie

Novella Competition

Adjudicator: Olga Wojtas

1st Place - Kathleen Hardie

2nd Place - Lindz McLeod

3rd Place - Judith Wall

Highly Commended - Kate Blackadder

Commended - Zebib K Abraham

Micro Fiction Competition

Adjudication: club member votes

Joint 1st Place - Kofi Brown and Judith Wall

2nd Place - Kate Blackadder

2021 - 2022

Novella Competition: Adjudicator Olga Wojtas

1st Place – Lindz McLeod

2nd Place – Kirsty Cole Todd

3rd Place – Zebib K. Abraham

Screenplay Competition: Adjudicator Chris Lindsay

1st Place – Rosemary Gilchrist

2nd Place – Kathleen Hardie

2020 - 2021

Poetry Competition: Adjudicator Helena Nelson

1st Place – Cecilia Rose

2nd Place – Kate Blackadder

3rd Place – Angela Blacklock-Brown

Historical Fiction Competition: Adjudicator Catherine Hokin

Novel Entry 1st Place – Lindz McLeod

Novel Entry 2nd Place – Kate Blackadder

Short Story 1st Place – Victoria Masters

Short Story 2nd Place – Margaret Dudgeon

Flash Fiction Competition (Theme: The Moon): Adjudicator Lindz McLeod

Won by Kirsty Cole Todd

Flash Fiction Competition (Theme: A Line From A Famous Film): Adjudicator Lindz McLeod

Won by Judith Wall