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UK PROSE & POETRY COMPETITIONS WITH THE MCoS

In 2011, we are pleased to once again run prose and poetry competitions, in association with the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

The MCofS has encouraged creative mountain writing through the MCofS Mountain Article Competition since 1987. There have been over 300 entries since its inception by then President Graham E Little. Past Vice President Ingrid Parker then introduced a Poetry category in 1997.

We all have it in us, so if you feel you can let it out, then, enter the competition. The subject matter must have a connection with any aspect of mountaineering, rock climbing, walking or ski mountaineering / ski-touring. It can be fiction or non-fiction, weird or wonderful. Judges will look for originality.

Judges are MCofS Committee members and staff, past competition winners and well known authors or journalists. Volunteer and MCofS member Joe Brown is the Mountain Article Competition Coordinator, compiling entries and arranging judging. The articles are judged anonymously.

Prizes
Prose Competition:
1st - £150 & EMFF weekend ticket
2nd - £100
3rd - £50

Poetry Competition:
1st - £100 & EMFF weekend ticket
2nd - £50
3rd - £25

How to enter UK Prose and Poetry Competitions

We are looking for inspirational writing about any subject to do with mountaineering, walking, and climbing (or the mountains themselves!). You can write prose or poetry and there are prizes for each.

Send entries either by post or email. By post, please mark your envelope "mountain article competition" and send to:

Mountain Article Coordinator, c/o the MCofS, The Old Granary, West Mill Street, Perth PH1 5QP

Alternatively, email entries to:
article@mcofs.org.uk

If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact the MCoS at the above email.

Uk Prose & Poetry Competition Rules:
- Closing date for entries is 31August 2011
- The competition is open to anyone resident in the UK, whether members of the MCofS or not. Members should quote their club name or membership number.
- Prose entries should be no more than 2,000 words and can be fact or fiction
- Poetry entries can be as long or as short as you like
- All should be preferably typed (or supplied as a word or rtf document on disc or Email), but otherwise clearly written on single-sided paper
- Enclose an SAE if you wish the article to be returned.
- MCofS and EMFF retain the right to publish the winners
- The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

website: http://www.edinburghmountainff.com/writingcomp.htm