Writing Rammy: Prizes for writers and poets at Falkirk library

Organised by staff at Falkirk Council’s library services, the competition encourages people to write poetry and fiction. This year there was the addition of a category for people to enter comics artwork.

On Monday evening a celebration of everyone’s hard work was held in the Hope Street library in Falkirk where the winners received their prizes – and also had an opportunity to read their work aloud.

The event was hosted by local writer Helen MacKinven, who has held a number of writing workshops to encourage people with their compositions.

The winners were: Kerry Foster, Sandy Foster, Claudia Foster, Lois Friel, Hannah Cummings, Hannah Guthrie, Anna Lynas, Tom McBryde, Tara McNab, Amy Campbell, Jagoda Krawlec, Stephanie Cameron, Amanda Anderson, Alex Grant, Niamh Mitchell, Hazel Beattie, Erin Fulton, Juliet Donaldson, Charlotte Donaldson and Antoinette Donaldson.

Development librarian Lynne James is one of those who helped create the Writing Rammy. She said: “We began the Writing Rammy as a one-off fiction competition back in 2017, but we were so pleased by the response that we brought it back the following year and it has continued to grow.

"We’ve been really fortunate to have people share with us some incredible stories and poems – many of which have been quite personal and moving.”

The Writing Rammy celebration offered prizes for junior fiction for eight and under; junior fiction/poetry for nine years plus; young adults, teen, adults and family entries, and was held at the start of Book Week Scotland.