The Glencairn Glass invitations writers to compose Scottish themed crime tales for its second brief story competitors
Final 12 months the world’s favorite whisky glass – The Glencairn Glass – launched its first ever crime brief story competitors attracting entries from proficient crime writers throughout the globe. The competitors is being launched once more this 12 months, in partnership with the Bloody Scotland Worldwide Crime Writing Pageant and Scottish Subject Journal, with the theme; “A criminal offense story set in Scotland”.
Over the previous three years The Glencairn Glass – produced by the Scottish family-run glassware firm Glencairn Crystal – has supported and celebrated Scottish crime writing expertise working carefully with the Bloody Scotland workforce to sponsor their prestigious McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime-writing prizes. Its inaugural brief story competitors was launched final 12 months to construct on this artistic collaboration.
This 12 months’s competitors opens for entries on 18th October and runs till 31st December. Each skilled and novice crime writers are invited to submit their tales, in not more than 2000 phrases, across the theme: “A criminal offense story set in Scotland”.
The primary prize winner will obtain £1000, the runner up might be awarded £500. Each may even obtain a set of six bespoke engraved Glencairn Glasses. The successful entry might be revealed in Scottish Subject Journal in spring 2023 and each tales might be revealed on-line on the Scottish Subject web site, in addition to the Glencairn Glass web site.
The competitors judging panel will comprise Tariq Ashkanani, whose debut novel Welcome to Cooper received this 12 months’s Bloody Scotland Debut Award 2022, and Sharon Bairden, a longtime e-book reviewer and creator of psychological thrillers; Sins of the Father and You Want Me. The third choose is Glencairn Crystal’s advertising director Gordon Brown, who has written ten crime novels together with his newest – ‘Any Day Now – out now. Gordon can be one of many founding administrators of the Bloody Scotland Worldwide Crime Writing Pageant.
Gordon Brown commented: “The response to final 12 months’s inaugural short-story competitors was improbable. I’m wanting ahead to celebrating all of this 12 months’s entries with a wee dram in a Glencairn Glass.”
Final 12 months’s inaugural competitors was received by Brid Cummings, a fiction author and occupational therapist, primarily based in South Australia. Her successful story – Halmeoni’s Knowledge – was a darkish story of human trafficking, unlawful commerce and a need for freedom.
Brid commented: “Successful the inaugural Glencairn Glass Crime Quick Story Competitors was a improbable expertise – not solely did it present a possibility to construct my profile and join with different crime writers, it additionally gave me the boldness to complete my psychological suspense novel, which has just lately gained third prize within the Yeovil Literary Prize. I’d extremely suggest this competitors to anybody wishing to begin a profession in crime writing.”
Bloody Scotland’s Pageant Director, Bob McDevitt, mentioned: “At Bloody Scotland we’re keen about supporting new writing and encourage aspiring writers to grab this fabulous alternative. A brief story is a good stepping stone to writing a novel. No matter your background or expertise we encourage you to offer the Glencairn Glass brief story competitors a go!”
All brief story entries have to be submitted at www.whiskyglass.com/crime-short-story-competition with the competitors closing at midnight on the Saturday thirty first December 2022. Particulars may also be discovered at www.scottishfield.co.uk. The winners might be introduced in March 2023.
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For additional particulars about competitors guidelines and rules please go to: www.whiskyglass.com/crime-short-story-competition
Glencairn Crystal:
The Glencairn Glass, created in 2000 is the world’s favorite whisky glass. Glencairn Crystal now make 5 million Glencairn Glasses per 12 months, throughout a whole lot of manufacturers, distributed to over 140 international locations worldwide.
Quick story competitors judges:
Tariq Ashkanani is a solicitor primarily based in Edinburgh, whose debut novel Welcome to Cooper received this 12 months’s Bloody Scotland Debut Award 2022. He additionally helps run Write Gear, an organization that sells high-quality notebooks for writers, and co-hosts Write Gear’s podcast Web page One.
Sharon Bairden is creator of psychological thrillers, Sins of the Father and You Want Me, revealed by Crimson Canine Press. She is a longtime e-book reviewer and lives on the outskirts of Glasgow. Sharon has labored within the third sector since graduating with BA(Hons) in Psychology. She is Chief Officer of an Unbiased Advocacy Service and has a ardour for human rights and social justice.
Morgan Cry is the alias of Gordon Brown, who has written ten crime novels and thrillers, together with his crime thriller collection set in Spain’s Costa Blanca in addition to the Craig McIntyre collection. He’s a founding director of the Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Pageant and advertising director for the Scottish glassware firm, Glencairn Crystal.
