Competition News Archive
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British Book Industry Awards 2008
Friday 16 May 2008
Scottish winners at the 2008 British Book Industry Awards for design and editing
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5th Nibbie for Rowling; 1st for McGregor
Wednesday 09 April 2008
News of Scottish winners at the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards, the "Nibbies"
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Competition
Monday 07 April 2008
Enter our competition to win a slip-cased, hardback edition of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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David Toulmin Competition
Monday 31 March 2008
The deadline for the David Toulmin short story competition is set for 31st March 2008.
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Scotland Street Creative Writing Competition
Wednesday 19 March 2008
Glasgow Museums are hosting a creative writing competition about school days
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Sundial Book of the Year Shortlist 2008
Tuesday 04 March 2008
The shortlist for the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Awards have been drawn up
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A L Kennedy wins the 2007 Costa Book Awards
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Congratulations to A L Kennedy, winner of the 2007 Costa Book Awards
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Costa Winners 2007
Thursday 03 January 2008
Congratulations to A L Kennedy and Ann Kelley, winners of the 2007 Costa Book Awards
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Guthrie Nominated for Spinetingler Awards
Wednesday 19 December 2007
Edinburgh writer Allan Guthrie has been nominated for a "Best Novel - New Voice" award at the first Spinetingler Awards
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Maw Broon's Cookbook Limerick Competition
Wednesday 19 December 2007
And for something completely different, get your thinking hats on for our limerick competition.
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The BooksfromScotland.com New Year Quiz
Tuesday 18 December 2007
We have five fantastic books to give away in our New Year Quiz - but be quick, there's not much time!
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Saltire Society Winners 2007
Friday 30 November 2007
News of the winners of the 2007 Saltire Society Book Awards
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2007 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books Winners Announced
Thursday 22 November 2007
The winners for the 2007 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books have been announced.
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Costa Awards 2007 Shortlist
Wednesday 21 November 2007
Two Scottish books have been shortlisted in the 2007 Costa Book Awards
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Saltire Society Short-Leet 2007
Thursday 08 November 2007
The Saltire Society has chosen their short-leet, or short list, for the 2007 Scottish Book of the Year awards.
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Fresh Shortlisted for Glen Dimplex Award
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Scottish writer Mark McNay's début novel has been shortlisted for a New Writing award in Ireland
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Happenstance Story Competition
Sunday 07 October 2007
Independent publisher HappenStance Press are running their second short story competition.
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Nominations for Blue Peter Award
Wednesday 03 October 2007
The shortlist for the 2007 Blue Peter Book Awards have been announced.
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Pushing out the Boat: Call For Submissions
Tuesday 25 September 2007
Pushing out the Boat, the anthology of writing from the North-East, is looking for short stories and poetry for its seventh edition.
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Boardman Tasker Shortlist 2007
Monday 17 September 2007
Hamish Brown's The Mountains Look on Marrakech has been shortlisted for the 2007 Boardman Tasker Prize.
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Kirsty Gunn Wins Inaugural Sundial SAC Award
Saturday 18 August 2007
Kirsty Gunn has won the inaugural Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award.
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Ùr-Sgeul DVD Competition: 3 Gaelic DVDs to be Won
Wednesday 01 August 2007
In conjunction with Ùr-Sgeul and the Gaelic Books Council we have three DVDs to give away
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2007 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
Thursday 19 July 2007
Four Scottish novels have been longlisted for the 3rd Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award, part of the Harrogate Festival.
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Carry Me Down Wins Award
Thursday 19 July 2007
Carry Me Down by MJ Hyland has won the 2007 Hawthornden Prize.
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Neil M Gunn Writing Competition 2007
Friday 29 June 2007
Three age groups are invited to enter the 2007 Neil M Gunn Writing Competiton
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Sundial Scottish Arts Council Awards Winners Announced
Thursday 14 June 2007
The category winners of the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards have been announced.
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Fidra Novel Writing Competition
Wednesday 06 June 2007
Fidra Books have launched a competition to find their first novel. They are looking for a new book which will fit their publishing programme, and should be in the 9-14 age range.
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RLS Fellowship 2008
Wednesday 30 May 2007
Application details for the 2008 Robert Louis Stevenson Writing Fellowship organised by the Scottish Arts Council and the National Library of Scotland
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BRAW Awards 2007 Shortlist
Friday 18 May 2007
Nine books have been shortlisted for the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books
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British Book Awards 2007
Thursday 29 March 2007
Two Scottish winners and five additional nominations at the 2007 British Book Awards were announced.
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Welsh Book of the Year
Tuesday 06 March 2007
Jim Perrin's The Climbing Essays has been nominated for the English Language Welsh Book of the Year award.
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Barrington Stoke Wins Publishing Award
Monday 05 March 2007
Edinburgh publisher's Barrington Stoke have won an IPG award for their children's titles.
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Dundee Book Prize Winner Announced 2007
Thursday 01 March 2007
The winner of the 2007 Dundee International Book Prize is announced, and the winning book will be published by Polygon.
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World Book Day Competition - The Eejits
Thursday 01 March 2007
Win a signed copy of Matthew Fitt's fantastic Scots translation of Roald Dahl's The Twits - The Eejits
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BRAW Awards 2007 - Register Your Interest
Tuesday 20 February 2007
BRAW are inviting organisations to register their interest in helping to judge the 2007 BRAW/Royal Mail Scottish Children's Book awards.
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Colour In Kidnapped Competition!
Thursday 15 February 2007
Help David Balfour and Alan Breck Strewart escape the brig of the Covenant by colouring in this exciting scene from the Kidnapped Graphic Novel
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Winner of Costa Book of the Year Announced
Thursday 08 February 2007
The winner of the 2007 Costa Book of the Year has been announced at a ceremony in London
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Kidnapped Review Competition!
Wednesday 31 January 2007
A chance to win 6 fantastic Kidnapped posters and a signed copy of Kidnapped - The Graphic Novel, just by writing a short review of the book.
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Three Scottish Books Shortlisted for Costa Book Awards - Category Winners Announced
Wednesday 10 January 2007
Three Scottish authors have been shortlisted for the 2006 Costa Book Awards.
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Allan Spence wins Spirit of Scotland award
Friday 01 December 2006
News of the 2006 Spirit Of Scotland Awards.
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Roderick Watson's The History of Scottish Literature: Competition
Friday 01 December 2006
In conjunction with Palgrave MacMillan, BooksfromScotland.com have five copies of Roderick Watson's two-volume 'History of Scottish Literature' to give away.
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Saltire Society Book of the Year Winners
Thursday 30 November 2006
The Saltire Society announced the winners of the 2006 Saltire Society Book of the Year awards, for Book of the Year, First Book, History Book and Research Book.
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BRAW Children's Book of the Year Awards
Monday 27 November 2006
The winners of the 2006 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books were announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh.
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Saltire Society Shortlist Announced
Wednesday 15 November 2006
The Saltire Society have chosen their 'short leet' for the Scottish Book of the Year Awards for 2006.
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Jim Perrin wins Banff Mountain Prize
Friday 03 November 2006
News of Jim Perrin's success at the 2006 Banff Mountain Book Festival.
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Goss First Novel Winner
Monday 23 October 2006
Congratulations to author Mike Stocks, winner of the 2006 Goss First Book Award.
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Hallowe'en Competition
Monday 16 October 2006
Three spooky children's books to be won in our quick Halloween competition.
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Robin Robertson Wins the Forward Prize for Poetry
Thursday 05 October 2006
Robin Robertson has won first prize in the 2006 Forward Prize for poetry.
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The 2nd Wigtown Poetry Competition
Saturday 23 September 2006
News of the 2nd Wigtown Poetry Competiton, Scotland's largest poetry competion, with a £2000 1st price award.
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Boardman Tasker 2006 Shortlist
Wednesday 06 September 2006
News of two Scottish titles which have been included in the 2006 Boardman Tasker shortlist.
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Scottish Success on 2006 Booker Longlist
Tuesday 15 August 2006
News of Scottish entries to the 2006 Man Booker Longlist
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TES Scotland/Saltire Prize for Educational Publishing
Friday 23 June 2006
Hodder Gibson's 'How to Pass Standard Grade Music' won the 2006 TES Scotland/Saltire Prize for Educational Publishing
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Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship
Thursday 01 June 2006
Information on the 2007 National Library of Scotland/Scottish Arts Council Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship.
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West Dunbartonshire Novella Award
Wednesday 31 May 2006
West Dunbartonshire Libraries are offering a £500 prize for their Novella Award.
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James Meek Awarded the Ondaatje Prize
Wednesday 24 May 2006
James Meet awarded the Ondaatje Prize for his novel The People's Act of Love.
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Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books: 2005 Shortlist
Friday 05 May 2006
Nine titles have been shortlisted for the new Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books in a prize organised by BRAW, the Network for the Scottish Children's Book.
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Michel Faber shortlisted for National Short Story Prize
Tuesday 04 April 2006
Scotland-based author Michel Faber has been shortlisted for the £15,000 National Short Story Price.
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Competition: The Hidden Places of Scotland
Friday 24 March 2006
Courtesy of Travel Publishing, we have five copies of the latest edition of "The Hidden Places of Scotland" to win in our quiz. Competition now closed.
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Summer Short Story Competition
Wednesday 22 March 2006
To celebrate the launch of the website, we are launching a short story competition. The first prize is publication on the site plus £100 of books, which the winner may choose from the site. Closing Date: 30th June
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World Book Day 2006, UK and Ireland
Wednesday 08 February 2006
Win selected Scottish Children's books with BooksfromScotland.com for World Book Day 2006.
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Callum Macdonald Memorial Award for poetry pamphlets
Wednesday 01 February 2006
The Callum Macdonald Memorial Award for poetry pamphlets is accepting entries.
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Carol Ann Duffy wins the 2005 TS Eliot Award for Poetry
Tuesday 17 January 2006
17/01/06. Poet and playwright Carol Ann Duffy has won the 2005 TS Eliot Award for Poetry.
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Ali Smith wins the 2005 Whitbread Award for Novel of the Year
Wednesday 04 January 2006
24/01/06. Scottish novelist Ali Smith has won the 2005 Whitbread Award for Novel of the Year, with her book The Accidental.
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Saltire Society Award Winners 2005
Friday 30 December 2005
01/12/06. The winners of the 2005 Saltire Society Awards
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National Gallery of Scotland and English Speaking Union Creative Writing Competition
Thursday 08 December 2005
A creative writing competition with five categories, for fiction or poetry inspired by the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland.
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Win a Signed Copy of the People's Act of Love
Thursday 01 December 2005
Win a signed copy of James Meek's People's Act of Love
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Scottish Adult Learning Partnership: My Inspirations Poetry Competition
Friday 28 October 2005
As part of Adult Learners' Week in Scotland, SALP are running a poetry competition.
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The First Wigtown Book Town Poetry Competition
Saturday 01 January 2005
Poet and Editor Don Paterson is judging the first ever Wigtown Book Town poetry competion - closing date 27th Jan 2006.
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