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A new competition has been launched to encourage original writing in Gaelic for children.

The aim of the award is to actively support original writing in Gaelic for children as well as to encourage and nurture new writers in the language.

A prize of £500, as well as the option for the work to be published by Acair Books, will be awarded to the best work of unpublished fiction.  

The work must be written in Gaelic by a writer aged 16-years or over, and who has never had a Gaelic book published for children before.

In 2017, the award is for a book for 5 to 8 year-olds and must be between 1000 and 2000 words.

The winner will be chosen by a panel of independent adjudicators.

The closing date for all submissions is 31 January 2017 and the winners will be announced in March.

The story must be written in Gaelic by a writer aged 16-years or over who has not had a Gaelic book for children published before.

The competition is a joint initiative between Acair Books, an Lanntair and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.

 

 

New Gaelic writing competition

28 November 2016