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Highly Commended in the Bipolar Scotland Verse Factor Poetry Competition 2011
I am happy that my poem War Photographs, Corris Institute, Wales was Highly Commended in Bipolar Scotland's recent national poetry competition. I was at the awards ceremony in Glasgow and enjoyed meeting and hearing the other poets. I would like to thank the organisers and judges Tom Leonard and Anne Donovan. Scottish Book Trust Project at St Monans Primary I was funded by the Scottish Book Trust to teach a creative writing project in English and Scots at St Monans Primary School in Fife. The Ship-Wheel of St Monans Project was an exploration, through imaginative writing, of the four elements and their endless interplay with the physical and human landscape that is St Monans. I would like to thank the Headteacher Lorna Robertson, her staff and the pupils for their enthusiasm and support, and the Scottish Book Trust for their financial commitment. The project was showcased at the St Monans Community Arts Festival on Friday 16 September 2011. | Winner of the 2011 William Soutar Writing Prize
I am honoured that my poem am aa din has won the 2011 William Soutar Prize. I was there to hear the great news at the AK Bell Library in Perth on Saturday 26 March, where the judge, Helena Nelson, announced the winning and commended poems. It was a pleasure meeting everybody on the day, and I would like to thank everyone involved. Joint Second in the Neil Gunn Writing Competition 2010-2011 I am pleased that my poem sae faur fae ma faither was Joint Second/Highly Commended in the Neil Gunn Writing Competition 2010-2011. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the award ceremony in Inverness, but I would like to thank Andrew Greig and the other judges and organisers of the event. You can read my poem here. |
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