The Writing Awards is a highlight event in SMHAF’s annual programme and one of our most enduring successes. This year we are excited to bring the event to a new location and welcome guests to the V&A Dundee.

The competition is an opportunity for new and experienced writers to be recognised for their work, which this year explores mental health and the theme of In/Visible. Writers from across Scotland, the UK and further afield have submitted pieces in three categories, Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction, to our competition.

Shortlisted writers will have their work published in a collection—launched at the ceremony—and be invited to read on the night. Each year, their words provoke new ideas, emotions and reflections about what the theme means to different people.

To open the ceremony, there will be live music from 2 Stoned Birds, and it will be hosted by Dundee-based artist, writer and filmmaker Rhiannon Mudaliar.

Afterwards, we will invite shortlisted writers, guests and audience members to join us for a reception.