Anne Brown Essay Prize
Deadline June 6 (must be received by this date), formerly March 31. Recommended free contest from Scotland's Wigtown Book Festival gives 1,500 pounds for a literary essay, maximum 4,000 words, by an author aged 16+. Entrants must be resident in Scotland, born in Scotland or have a longstanding association with Scotland. Unpublished essays are preferred, but authors and their publishers are also invited to submit work published no earlier than July 1 of the year preceding the deadline year. Enter by email. This prize commemorates Anne Brown (1942-2021), former Wigtown Book Festival chair of trustees and a widely respected BBC radio producer.
Source: https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/anne-brown-essay-prize-2022
Published: February 22, 2025
