2021 Prize Details
Wigtown Poetry Prize Rules and Fees can be found here.
Wigtown Prize: £1500
Runner-up: £200
Wigtown Scots Prize: £500
Runner-up: £200
Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Prize: £500
Runner-up: £200
Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award
Professional support including mentoring by Wigtown Festival Company and a retreat at Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre
Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize
Production of a pamphlet set by Gerry Cambridge
Invitation to Read at StAnza 2022
A winner of one or more categories will be selected at the discretion of StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival and Wigtown Festival Company
Those entering Wigtown Scottish Gaelic and Wigtown Scots categories can also submit their poems to be considered for the Wigtown Prize free-of-charge.
A Book of Days, Claire Cox's stunning pamphlet which won the 2020 Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize can be purchased from our shop here.