The Toulmin Short-Story Prize is open!
The Toulmin Prize is open to all amateur* writers over the age of 16. The story should be concerned with some aspect of life in North-East Scotland and may be written in Scots, including Doric, or English, or a mixture of the two. Previous prize-winners cannot submit an entry.
The winner will receive a £500 prize, and the story will be read by well-known North-East writer, Sheena Blackhall, at a prominent University of Aberdeen event.
A short story of up to 4,000 words in length should be submitted by May 1, 2023. An A4 hard copy and an electronic submission in Word (.doc format), should be sent to Dr Thomas A. McKean, Director, The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, King’s College, Aberdeen AB24 5UA. E-mail: elphinstone@abdn.ac.uk
(*For the purposes of this prize, a professional writer is considered to be one who earns more than 51% of their income through writing, and/or has had a solo work (book) published with a major UK publisher.)