The Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition
Do you have a knack for conjuring up sinister plots, capturing the perfect crime, or documenting deadly deeds? If so, this is your chance to showcase your talent. Glencairn Crystal, the maker of the world’s favourite whisky glass – the Glencairn Glass, and sponsor of the McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime writing awards, is seeking crime short stories in collaboration with Bloody Scotland and Scottish Field Magazine. This year’s theme is ‘A Crime Set In Scotland.’
Crime Short Story Competition
Do you have a knack for conjuring up sinister plots, capturing the perfect crime, or documenting deadly deeds? If so, this is your chance to showcase your talent. Glencairn Crystal, the maker of the world’s favourite whisky glass – the Glencairn Glass, and sponsor of the McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime writing awards, is seeking crime short stories in collaboration with Bloody Scotland and Scottish Field Magazine. This year’s theme is ‘A Crime Set In Scotland.’
This competition is now closed, please see the winners below.
Congratulations to Philip Wilson, our winner, and Elisabeth Ingram Wallace, our runner-up, in the 2023/24 Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition!
Philip Wilson’s winning story will be featured in the May edition of Scottish Field Magazine (available from 5th April) and Elisabeth’s story will be published on Scottish Field Magazine’s website; www.scottishfield.co.uk. Both stories will be available for reading here on whiskyglass.com starting 9th April.
2023/24 Winner
A RECIPE FOR STOVIES
BY PHILIP WILSON
Philip Wilson is a writer living in Glasgow. He divides his free time between trying to wrangle his rebellious dog and writing off-kilter short fiction. Time and imagination willing, he’s planning to set to work on a full-length novel soon.
2023/24 Runner Up
THE STRANGE SHEEP OF GRRESHONISH
BY ELISABETH INGRAM WALLACE
Elisabeth Ingram Wallace lives in a Skoda in Scotland, usually somewhere in the Highlands. Her short stories have won prizes including The Mogford Short Story Prize, ‘Writing the Future’ and a Scottish Book Trust ‘New Writers Award.’ Recent work has featured in SmokeLong Quarterly, Atticus Review, Barrelhouse, Wigleaf, and anthologies including ‘FUEL – an anthology of Prize Winning Flash Fictions’.
Criteria For Entry
Short stories must be 2,000 words or less.
The competition is open to all writers worldwide, published and unpublished, who are over 16 years old by 23rd October 2023.
Stories entered for the competition should not have been previously published in any format, online or print, self-published or paid.
Theme
The short story must be based on the theme ‘A Crime Story Set In Scotland’
Prize
First prize – £1000
Runner Up – £500
Both winners will also receive a set of six bespoke engraved Glencairn Glasses.
The overall winning entry will be published in Scottish Field Magazine and online at www.whiskyglass.com
Judges
Callum McSorley, this year’s Bloody Scotland McIlvanney Prize winner for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year.
Kate Foster, this year’s Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year winner.
Gordon Brown, who also writes under the name Morgan Cry, has had eleven crime and thriller books published to date.
Closing Date
All entries should be uploaded below by midnight on Sunday 31st December 2023. Please click here to see to terms and conditions.
