Only members are eligible for entry to competitions.

All competition fees will be £3 per entry, payable by bank transfer using the same bank details as those used to pay for annual membership. If needed, members can email ewcemeetings@gmail.com for details.

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 the format as follows: 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.

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