5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (150+ words) Green-fingered, you rejected cremation, wishing to nourish soil, so today you’re destined to journey six feet further from me. Respects offered, mourners retire, some scattering earth on your coffin. I delay. Wearing your garden wellies; I toe a clod of…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (139+ words) At first, we are twelve. Untested, uniform, full of youthful promise. Every dawn raid brings new losses. Yesterday they poached our finest. Orders arrive, heat is on. In three minutes, I’m done. Fresh assault, peppered from above. Choisich an cù…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (668+ words) You can also access this prompt in Gaelic. Scottish Book Trust is asking people all over Scotland to submit their true, personal stories on this year’s theme of wonder. Use this writing prompt to get your creative juices flowing. You…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (591+ words) You can also access this prompt in Gaelic. Scottish Book Trust is asking people all over Scotland to submit their true, personal stories on this year’s theme of wonder. Use this writing prompt to get your creative juices flowing. You…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (418+ words) EmmaClaire Brightlyn (she/her) is an award-winning Spoken Word artist. In 2024, she was both the Loud Poets Grand Slam Champion and was shortlisted for a Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award for Spoken Word. EmmaClaire has performed at events with…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (456+ words) You can also access this prompt in Gaelic. When you think of heading ‘into the wild’, which images does your mind conjure up? Is it a mountain hike? A winter sea swim? Or could it be entering your teenager’s bedroom?...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (653+ words) We are pleased to announce the new titles to be supported by the Scots Language Publication Grant in 2026. The Scots Language Publication Grant provides assistance for publishing new work (including translated texts), reprinting existing historical or culturally significant work, and…...