RUNNER-UP OF THE 2025 GRIERSON VERSE PRIZE Kaja Kubickova: ‘I like a lot of things in life. I like fridge poetry, home-cooked dinners with loved ones, climbing rocks and jumping fences, crochet, planting trees, sunny days in the Meadows, running really fast down a hill. I’m a neuroscience student …
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 …
cO-WINNER OF THE 2025 LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE Grace Murray is a fourth-year literature student, based in Edinburgh and Norfolk. Grace’s debut novel, ‘Blank Canvas’, will be published by ‘Fig Tree’ in January 2026. May 7, 2025
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 …
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 …
RUNNER-UP OF THE 2025 LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE Anjali Klinder is a shockingly aerodynamic human woman studying Philosophy and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, with a special interest in the Philosophy of Physics. She has not published any poetry previously, but has had three short stories published …
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 …
co-winner OF THE 2025 GRIERSON VERSE PRIZE My name is Malika and I’m an artist and writer from Miami, Florida. I’ve received runner up for the Grierson Verse prize for the last two years now. My interest is in nature and animal poetry, and the intersection between design and writing. …
Congrats to all our Writing Prizes winners and runners-up for 2025!
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