A SHETLAND writer is one of 11 people to receive a prize from a Scottish Book Trust initiative which recognises new talent.
Hannah Nicholson, who is originally from Brae, was selected in the fiction and narrative non-fiction category of the book trustâs 2021 new writers awards.
This means she will receive £2,000 as well as support including mentoring from writers and industry professionals, training opportunities, and the platform to showcase their work to publishers and agents.
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Nicholson, who now lives in Aberdeen, is known to write in Shetland dialect.
She won the Shetland Library young writer of the year award in 2005 before heading south for university.
The new writers will receive £2,000 each (Ryan Phillips/PA)
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The Scottish Book Trust has awarded 11 new writers a £2,000 cash prize to help boost their careers.
With funding from Creative Scotland, the charity selected recipients of its New Writers Awards from authors and poets who had not yet published a full-length book or collection.
The judging panel included Scots Makar Jackie Kay and authors Tendai Huchu, Janice Galloway and Denise Mina.
THREE Scottish-based writers are to be given support as they embark on major projects, with the Scottish Book Trust announcing its Ignite Fellowship awardees for 2021. The panel selected poet and performer Courtney Stoddart and artist and filmmaker Raman Mundair as well as poet and translator Niall O’Gallagher, who receives the Gaelic Ignite Fellowship, funded by the Gaelic Books Council. The Ignite Fellows will receive a £2000 bursary and creative support. Stoddart, from Edinburgh, is a Scottish-Caribbean performer whose work focuses on racism, womanhood and growing up in Scotland. She has appeared in various theatrical productions, including Hannah Lavery’s Lament For Sheku Bayoh at the Lyceum Theatre.