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PROSE Category
1st PRIZE £150; 2nd PRIZE £100; 3rd PRIZE £50
POETRY category
1st PRIZE £100; 2nd PRIZE £50; 3rd Prize £25

This year's competition deadline is 1st August 2007.
[Please Note the deadline date given as 1st June in Scottish Mountaineer May issue is incorrect]

The MCofS has encouraged creative mountain writing through the Mountain Article Competition since 1987. There have been over 200 entries since it's inception by then President Graham E Little.

There is no denying that the experiences of being in the hills, either traumatic or therapeutic, can inspire creativity and there have been some excellent entries in the past.

It must be reiterated that the subject matter must have a connection with an aspect of mountaineering, rock climbing, walking or skiing. It can be fiction or non-fiction and the Judges will be looking for originality.

Prose entries should be a maximum of 2,000 words long. Poetry entries can be as long or as short as you like. All should be preferably typed (or supplied as a word or rtf document on disc or emailed), but otherwise clearly written on single-sided paper.

Send your entries to Joe Brown (marked “Mountain Article”), c/o the MCofS Office, The Old Granary, West Mill Street, Perth PH1 5QP (or email to: article@mountaineering-scotland.org.uk).

Members should quote their club name or individual membership number. Enclose an SAE if you wish the article to be returned and the winners will be announced in the November 2007 edition of Scottish Mountaineer. The MCofS reserves the right to publish the prize-winning entries. Past winners have been published either in the MCofS newsletter, Annual Report or in magazines or Journals. We also intend publishing all the winning entries since it started on the soon to be launched NEW MCofS website as part of a Mountain Writing forum.

We all have it in us, so if you feel you can let it out, then enter this years competition. The subject matter must have a connection with any aspect of mountaineering, rock climbing, walking or skiing. It can be fiction or non-fiction, weird or wonderful. Judges will look for originality.

We are extremely grateful for the offer of help with the administration of the Mountain Article Competition by previous prize winner, Joe Brown. Joe will coordinate entries and judges on a voluntary basis.

Send your entries to Joe Brown (marked "Mountain Article"), c/o the MCofS Office, The Old Granary, West Mill Street, Perth PH1 5QP (or email to: article@mountaineering-scotland.org.uk).

Members should quote their club name or individual membership number. Enclose an SAE if you wish the article to be returned and the winners will be announced in the November 2007 edition of Scottish Mountaineer. The MCofS reserves the right to publish the prize-winning entries. Past winners have been published either in the MCofS newsletter, Annual Report or in magazines or Journals. We also intend publishing all the winning entries since it started on the soon to be launched NEW MCofS website as part of a Mountain Writing forum.

  Previous competition winners