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Writing Prizes

The University of Edinburgh's three creative writing prizes.
 
Writing Prizes

Suzy Enoch – Butteries

SPECIAL MENTION SLOAN PRIZE 2026 Suzy Enoch is a Scottish writer of prose, scripts and screen plays. Her writing is inspired by observations of the absurd and unlikely, writing across timescales to create unlikely pairings of narrators. Suzy began her career in acting and writing for theatre, but found a …

Albane Mbow – Just About Worth It

SPECIAL MENTION LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2026 Albane Mbow is a third year English Language and Literature student who grew up in the United States and currently lives in Switzerland. Her stories explore geographical and temportal alienation, moving, growth, and change. She was co-editor of the 2nd edition of BW*E’s …

Campbell Davies – Tae a Lab Rat

SPECIAL MENTION SLOAN PRIZE 2026 Campbell is a Scottish and English literature student, part time tour guide and writer of bizarre fiction when the inspiration hits. When not busy with that, he likes board games and Doctor Who and is currently learning to juggle, mostly because he seems like the …

Sally Averbuch – City Fragments

SPECIAL MENTION GRIERSON PRIZE 2026 Sally Averbuch is an Archaeology and Social Anthropology student from East Lothian. She was one of Scotland’s Young Makars in 2023, performing her work at the StAnza poetry festival in St Andrews and at Wigtown Book Festival. She was the third place winner of an …

Maya Le Her – Feeling Blue

CO WINNER OF THE LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2026 Maya Le Her is a student and emerging writer based in Edinburgh. In 2022, one of her poems was published in Arlo’s Art Therapy Journal, a journal by Arlo Parks in support of CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) and she was …

Anna Yarwood – Squirrel

SPECIAL MENTION LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2026 Anna Yarwood is a fourth-year Arabic and Persian student. She is currently working on a very serious Fringe show about bowling (https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2026/bucksomly-betrothals). “Thank you for the Special Mention, what a nice surprise! It’s lovely to have been considered!” May 15, 2026

Hana Wong – Label On Old Book

SPECIAL MENTION LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2026 Hana Wong is a third-year English Literature student at the University of Edinburgh. Her poetry has been featured at the Wells Festival of Literature and published in Voice and Verse, The Prose Poem and other indie magazines. When not writing, she can be …

Aoibh Downey — Anglophone

cO-WINNER OF THE 2025 GRIERSON VERSE PRIZE   Aoibh Downey is an English literature and History student from the Isle of Man. Their work draws on Irish and Manx folkloric cultures, touching on themes of cultural erasure, memory, loss, queerness and everything in between. Beyond the page, Aoibh is a …

Ignacio Gil Pineda — Tzipitíos

cO-WINNER OF THE 2025 LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE   Ignacio Gil Pineda is a 1st year History and Politics student from Guatemala. Interested in the ways we repress and connect, Authoritarianism, and all things Latin-America, he normally explores his ideas through essays, poetry, short fiction, and perpetually incomplete novels.  May …

Catherine Hodge — Afters

WINNER OF THE 2025 SLOAN PRIZE   Catherine Hodge is a fourth-year student studying English and Scottish Literature. Primarily focused on Scottish gothic writing of the nineteenth century, she plans on moving to Aberdeen to study an MLitt in Literatures, Environments and Places. She enjoys writing prose (as opposed to …

Evan Law – It’s Fur the Weans

RUNNER-UP OF THE 2025 SLOAN PRIZE   EVAN LAW – After graduating from his Linguistics & English Language degree last year, Evan has been enjoying making the time to rekindle his passion for writing and recalibrating what he wants to express. Coloured by his upbringing in West Lothian, he is …

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