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Entry links to all our awards below

The Scottish Arts Trust promotes innovation and creativity in the arts. We offer substantial cash prizes, publication, exhibition and film opportunities with many of our awards.  Click on the links above to learn more.

Check our Bursary Opportunities that allow free entry to our competitions for skilled, under-represented writers and artists.

Award opening and closing dates

Qpens 1 October 2025 to 28 February 2026

• Edinburgh Short Story Award
• Edinburgh Young Adult Fiction Prize
• Edinburgh Essay Award

Opens 10 October 2024 to 24 February 2025

• Scottish Landscape Awards

Opens 1 May 2025 to 31 August 2025

• Edinburgh Flash Fiction Awards
• Edinburgh True Flash Award

Opens 1 September 2025 to 11 January 2026

• Scottish Portrait Awards

Preparing your entry

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• If you are submitting more than one work, please use a separate application form for each individual work.
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