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Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2026 application form - Young writers
Share up to two pieces of writing or performing in Scots and a short note to say why you enjoyed writing them.
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Name:
Please give us your full name.
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Postcode:
Please give us your postcode. We won’t be posting anything, this is just to make sure our programmes are reaching people across Scotland!
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Your email address:
Please give us an email address to contact you on. It can be your own, or one of a teacher, parent or guardian.
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Contact email address:
Please give us an email address we can use if we need to get in touch with someone on your behalf. This can be of a parent, teacher or guardian.
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Age:
Please let us know how old you are.
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Consent to enter
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If you are under 13, please ask a parent or guardian to tick this box. If you are over 13, you can do it yourself.
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I consent to enter
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Share your work
We want to see what you’ve been working on. You can copy and paste your writing into the form below or upload a word document with your story, poems, pictures on it.
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You can upload a word document or image here if you'd prefer:
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If you're sending us a video or recording instead, please upload to YouTube, Soundcloud or another platform and share a link here.
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Let us know why you like writing in Scots.
We're interested to know, but we'll be picking a winner based on your creative stuff - not this question. (150 words)
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Is this the first time you've written in Scots?
We're interested to know, but we'll be picking a winner based on your creative stuff - not this question.
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Any comments
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If you'd like to tell us what school you're at (if you're still at school) please do.
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