Got the write stuff?

Aspiring writers from across Renfrewshire can apply for support from a prestigious award.

Scottish Book Trust has opened for applications to the New Writers Award 2022.

The awards are in association with Creative Scotland, and each year they provide unpublished writers with financial support to enable them to concentrate on developing their work, as well as professional guidance to help them move towards publication.

The awards are free to apply to, with travel expenses covered and awardees are chosen by an independent panel of judges.

Also this year, the Callan Gordon Award is open for applications for young writers aged 18 to 35. Entries are invited in English, Scots and a combination of both.

An award is given every two years, for writers of short stories or poetry and is in memory of Callan, a young Scottish writer who took his life ten years ago.

For more information, go to www. scottishbooktrust. com/writing-and-authors/ new-writers-awards