Interesting news · Friday 20 February

Search begins for Scotland’s best literary essay of 2026

from heraldscotland.com

Photograph · heraldscotland.com

The Wigtown Festival Company has launched the 2026 Anne Brown Essay Prize, inviting writers in or from Scotland to submit their best literary essays.

The annual prize is worth £1,500. Previous winners include Tamara Fulcher, who won the 2025 prize for her essay Firle.

Submissions for the 2026 prize are now open to established and emerging writers alike.

Read it at the sourceheraldscotland.com

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