Scots language in literature and creative writing
5. Community link
Writing with a clear purpose for a specific audience is extremely motivating. We want to introduce you to three initiatives around creative writing which you and your pupils might want to engage with.
Scottish Book Trust: What’s your story?
You can find out about a number of fantastic teen initiatives run by the Scottish Book Trust as well as links to writing competitions here.
Scots Hoose - Scots in Schools
Scots story competition which runs each year on Scots Hoose website
(please copy and paste this link into your browser):
http://www.scotsinschools.co.uk/index.html
Young Scots Writer of the Year Award
"Stories, poems, spoken word pieces, comics, videos or other pieces of writing – we want to see it all, as long as it's in Scots and under 2500 words or up to ten minutes."