The Highland Book Prize, established in 2017, celebrates the finest published work that recognises the rich talent, landscape and cultural diversity of the Highlands. This annual prize is open to work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Presented by the Highland Society of London and facilitated by Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre, this literary prize aims to bring recognition to books created in or about the Highlands.
The winner is announced at the Ullapool Book Festival, and will be awarded £1000 prize money and a week’s writing retreat at Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre.
The William Grant Foundation provides funding to encourage public engagement with the Highland Book Prize.
Books must be published by an established UK-based publisher and imprint between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021 for the 2021 prize.
To be eligible for submission to The Highland Book Prize, titles must comply with at least one of the following criteria:
• Promote or concern itself with Highland culture, heritage or landscape
• Have a significant amount of activity set in the Highlands
• The author(s) must have been born/brought up in the Highlands
• The author(s) must have lived in the Highlands for the last 6 years or more
For the purpose of the Highland Book Prize the “Highlands” are defined as the Local Authority areas Argyll & Bute, Highland, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Western Isles and Moray.
Find out more here
UK publishers can download a full application pack and entry form here
Deadline: Monday 9 August 2021 at 10:00.