Armaan: Hills of Basalt
Winner of the 2022 Lewis Edwards Memorial Prize Armaan Verma is a student of English Literature at the University of…
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,…
Siru: Fengxian
Runner Up for the 2022 Lewis Edwards Memorial Prize Siru grew up by a tributary of the Yangtze River, in…
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…
Ailsa Fraser: Augurs Alone
Runner Up for the 2022 Lewis Edwards Memorial Prize Ailsa Fraser (she/her) is a queer writer of speculative fiction, studying History and…
Beth Grainger: Putting it this way
Runner Up for the 2022 Grierson Verse Prize Beth Grainger is a writer and PhD candidate at the University of…
Hattie Atkins: Semiotics
Runner Up for the 2022 Lewis Edwards Memorial Prize Hattie Atkins is a Mancunian writer living and studying in Edinburgh….
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,…
Carl Alexandersson: Some Time Afterwards
Runner Up for the 2022 Grierson Verse Prize Carl Alexandersson (he/him) is a queer spoken word poet and writer, based…
Tim Tim Cheng: She Will
Runner Up for the 2022 Grierson Verse Prize Tim Tim Cheng is a poet and a teacher from Hong Kong,…
2022 Creative Writing Prizes
Read all the winners’ and runners’ up entries here. Sloan Prize Winner The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi…
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…
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…
