Lower than a month stays till the deadline of a brand new historic writing competitors for Perthshire.
The Perthshire Advertiser and Tippermuir Books have teamed as much as encourage new writing concerning the space’s historical past with entries needing to be submitted for April 8.
This Might would be the first time the Perthshire Historic Writing Award is introduced, with publication within the PA, on-line and a prize of £150 in guide vouchers on provide.
The theme of the writing competitors is any side of the historical past of Perthshire.
Submissions ought to be non-fiction, not more than 1000 phrases in size and shouldn't have been revealed beforehand. Entry is free and open to all.
The judging panel for the award contains the three administrators of Tippermuir Books, alongside Melanie Bonn (journalist with the Perthshire Advertiser), Ajay Shut (award-winning journalist and historic novelist), Dr Nicola Martin (lecturer in historical past on the College of Highlands and Islands) and Taylor Waggoner (artistic practitioner and founding father of Perth’s Ladies).
Submissions ought to be emailed as PDFs or Phrase paperwork to mail@tippermuirbooks.co.uk by 12 midday on Friday, April 8.
Emails ought to embrace the author’s title, postal tackle and the title of their piece of writing – the topic line ought to be ‘Perthshire Historic Writing Award’.
Any queries regarding the Perthshire Historic Writing Award ought to be directed to the organisers through the e-mail tackle above.
A shortlist of the most effective six entries and the profitable entry will likely be introduced on Friday, Might 6.
The winner will obtain guide vouchers to the worth of £150 donated by Tippermuir Books and have their entry revealed within the Perthshire Advertiser.
All shortlisted entries will likely be revealed on the Tippermuir Books web site.
Tippermuir Books is a Perth -based writer producing fiction and non-fiction titles, typically of a Scottish theme, and a number of other overlaying the historical past of Perthshire. If Rivers Might Sing: A Scottish River Wildlife Journey by Keith Broomfield was shortlisted within the 2021 Scotland’s Nationwide Ebook Awards (Saltire Awards) as ‘New Ebook of the Yr’.
The corporate has had two books shortlisted in latest Scots Language Awards – The Story of the Wee Mowdie and The Nicht Afore Christmas - and certainly one of its writers, Stuart Paterson, was named Scots Author of the Yr in 2020.
Full phrases and guidelines for the competitors may be discovered on the Tippermuir web site, www.tippermuirbooks.co.uk