Highland Book Prize – an invitation
You are invited to the Highland Book Prize 2021 Award Ceremony, presented by the Highland Society of London, live online from Moniack Mhor. Thursday 26th May, 7.30pm – 9.00pm BSTThe event is being held at the heart and hearth of Moniack Mhor, and live streamed directly into your living room. David Alston, Cal Flyn, Jen […]
Something for aspiring young scriptwriters
Dear Huntly Writers, My name is Matt and I am the Co-Director of LUNG. We are a youth focused theatre company that tours across the UK and works at The National Theatre. I wanted to quickly reach out about an opportunity for young people (aged 11-18). I wondered if it might be up the street […]
Scottish Mountaineering Press
The Scottish Mountaineering Press is accepting submissions for Creatives! Creatives is a vibrant, innovative and thought-provoking digital publication which promotes, reimagines and is inspired by the beauty of the Scottish landscape. Through writing and visual art, it offers a platform for unpublished, emerging and established creators to showcase their works to audiences all over the […]
The Space to Write Project
Dear Huntly Writers, We are really excited to have launched a brand new initiative which we hope will be of interest to a number of your members. Have you ever dreamed of being on the Sunday Times bestsellers list? Do you have an idea for the next big thing, or have you just always wanted […]
International Writers 2022
It’s less than a month until the deadline for recommendations for the second year of RSL International Writers. This is the RSL’s new flagship programme to celebrate literary excellence in the global writing community and the power of literature to transcend borders. Please get your recommendations in before 29 April. To be eligible, recommended writers must: not be resident […]
Deveron Projects – reading event Wednesday 16th March at 1pm
Reading Together: Re-Reading Fairytales, chosen by Irineu DestourellesWednesday 16th March, 1pm, the library meeting room (with lunch)Our Does It Fall from the Skies Above? project artist Irineu has been researching, reading and writing fairy tales as part of his time here. Huntly is the birthplace of the fantasy writer George MacDonald, and for March’s Reading […]
Aberdeen Arts Centre – Bar Scrawl
Aberdeen Arts Centre’s ‘Bar Scrawl’ needs ten-minute scripts and sketches. ‘Writers from across the UK’ can submit pieces on the theme ‘twist’. Deadline is noon on 1 Feb. Scripts should be sent to [email protected]
Bristol Short Story Prize
The 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries and we are sending details in case any of your members may be interested. The competition is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished, UK or non-UK based. The closing date for entries is midnight (BST) May 4th, 2022. 20 stories […]
Huntly Writer hosts a radio show
‘The Ramblins o’ A Buckie Quine’ Huntly Writer, Caroline Fowler, has been asked to do a wee programme, to promote Doric, for Keith Community Radio. The plan is for the show to be broadcast on the first Tuesday of every month and repeated the following day. Thanks to her son Stuart’s technology skills, which were […]
Brian Nisbet Poetry Competition Winners
The winners of the Brian Nisbet Petry Competition have been announced and full details are available on the North East Writers Facebook Page The judges said ‘Deciding on the winners was not easy – it never is, but this year standards were particularly high’. Well deserved congratulations go to two members of Huntly Writers who […]