Tim Craven
Tim is from Stoke-on-Trent, lives in Scotland and works for Manchester Metropolitan University. He has an MFA from Syracuse University…
Alycia Pirmohamed: Tritina for My India
Alycia Pirmohamed is the author of the chapbooks Hinge (ignitionpress), and Faces that Fled the Wind (BOAAT Press), and co-author with…
Past winners
Read a selection of our past winners’ entries Read a selection of the entries given a special mention Grierson Verse…
Roshni Gallagher: The Whitby
Roshni is a poet from Leeds. Roshni received a special mention of the Grierson Verse Prize in 2019. She is…
Jamie Perriam: Crown Label 14
Jamie Perriam is a freelance writer and law student at the University of Edinburgh. He won the Lewis Edwards Memorial…
Alex Aldred: a facehugger sublets a one-bed flat
Alex Aldred lives and writes in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he is currently studying towards his PhD in creative writing. He…
Alice Orr
Alice is a writer and academic from Edinburgh. She has been published in Scottish Review, Nomad, Extra Teeth, Like the…
Amy Doyle: Relationship Recovery
I’m a 4th year student at Edinburgh studying English Literature and Classics. Born and raised in Cardiff, I’ve been writing…
Declan Kelly: Woodburn
I was born in Edinburgh and have lived there my whole life, especially enjoying the city for it’s atmosphere and…
Maria Henry: Fire-Bug
Maria is an award winning poet, fiction writer and digital illustrator working out of Edinburgh. Originally from a small village…
Kiefer Holland: The Kübler-Ross Sonnets
Kiefer Holland was the recipient of a special mention of The Grierson Verse Prize 2021. As someone who tends to…
Murdoch Stanfield: Cartyne and the Vindictive Tiger
Murdoch Stanfield is a twenty-one-year-old creative who was born and raised on the west coast of Scotland. Murdoch was the…
Charles Lang: Clairvoyant
Charles Lang is from Castlemilk in Glasgow. He studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and is currently pursuing…
Hayley Bernier: The Old Hipster of St-Henri
Hayley Bernier (she/her) is a queer Canadian writer, who at the moment is favouring and focusing on poetry, especially in…
Armaan: In The Clouds
Armaan is a student of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. His short story, In The Clouds, received a…
Kirsty Souter: Whit Wis Stolen Fae The Big Man
From Fife, Kirsty studied English Literature and History at Edinburgh University, and stayed for an MSc in Creative Writing. She…
Armaan: Not A Day For Outings
Armaan is a student of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. His short story, Not A Day For Outings,…
