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The University of Edinburgh's three creative writing prizes - open for 2025 submissions, closing on 21 March 2025
 
Past winners

Past winners

Read a selection of our past winners’ entries
Read a selection of the entries given a special mention

Grierson Verse Prize

Year Name
2021 Maria Henry (special mentions: Amy Doyle, Kiefer Holland and Adam Vaughn)​
2020 Rhiannon Auriol Williams (special mentions: Jane Jia Hui, Hayley Bernier and Alex Aldred)
2019 Alycia Pirmohamed (special mentions: Roshni Gallagher, Hattie Atkins, and Sarah Stewart)
2018 Paige Smith
2017 Tim Craven
2016 Marianne MacRae

Sloan Prize

Year Name
2021 Alice Orr (special mention:  Alex Day)
2020 Kirsty Souter (special mention: Declan Kelly)
2019 Charles Lang (special mentions: Laurie Chetwood and James McPherson)
2018 Miriam Huxley
2017 Duncan Sneddon
2016 Dominic Hale and Zoe Ramsey

Lewis Edwards Memorial Prize

Year Name
2021 Jamie Perriam (special mentions: Murdoch Stanfield, Millie Graham, Ally Shilson and Armaan Verma)
2020 Albertine Clarke (special mention: Armaan Verma and Millie Riddell)
2019 Snigdha Koirala (special mention: Polly Smythe)
2017 Paula Colmenares-León
2016 Quentin Scobie
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