sloan prize – University of Edinburgh Writing Prizes

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Meghan Link: The Sound o Hame

Runner-Up for the 2023 Sloan Prize Meghan Link is a Spanish and English Literature student at the University of Edinburgh,…

27th April 2023

2023 Creative Writing Prizes

Read all the winners’ and runners’ up entries here. Sloan Prize Winner The Immortality of a Crab – Declan Kelly…

26th April 2023

Jo Higgs: The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols

Winner of the 2022 SloanPrize Jo Higgs (he/him) is a student from Edinburgh currently undertaking an MScR in English Literature,…

20th April 2023

Heather Dunnett: let mi spik

Runner Up for the 2022 Sloan Prize Heather Dunnett is a queer Aberdonian poet currently working towards her MSc in…

2nd May 2022

Declan Kelly: To Live and Die Out Your Nugget

Runner Up for the 2022 Sloan Prize Declan Kelly was born in Edinburgh and have lived there his whole life,…

26th April 2022

2022 Creative Writing Prizes

Read all the winners’ and runners’ up entries here. Sloan Prize Winner The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi…

26th April 2022

Alice Orr

Alice is a writer and academic from Edinburgh. She has been published in Scottish Review, Nomad, Extra Teeth, Like the…

18th February 2022

Declan Kelly: Woodburn

I was born in Edinburgh and have lived there my whole life, especially enjoying the city for it’s atmosphere and…

18th February 2022

Charles Lang: Clairvoyant

Charles Lang is from Castlemilk in Glasgow. He studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh and is currently pursuing…

18th February 2022

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…

17th February 2022

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