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A Prestigious New National Literary Award

The Robin Jenkins Literary Award 2008/9 is a prestigious national writing award for £5,000 for a work of fiction or non fiction and is designed to promote new Scottish writing that draws and builds on Scotland’s cultural heritage using our unique environmental assets, in particular trees and forestry, as key elements in submissions.

How to Apply

We request that intending entrants first register their interest in the award by filling in our online registration form. Full details of the award including entry requirements can be found under The Award and Submissions pages.

Award Launch

The Award was launched by Michael Russell MSP, Minister for Environment. at the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh on Thursday 29th May 2008.