The Wigtown Poetry Competition is the largest poetry competition in Scotland with over 2000 entries in its first year. Prizes 1st 2000 - 2nd 1000 - 3rd 500 Gaelic Prize - 1000 plus 10 supplementary prizes of 50 each Winning entries will be published in the Sunday Herald Closing date: Friday 26th January 2007 Winners notified by 9th April Prizegiving Event will take place in Wigtown on 5th May Winners announced in the Sunday Herald on 29th April or on the Wigtown web site from 14th May Entries may be in English, Scots or Scots or Irish Gaelic.

The competition is open to anyone throughout and outside the United Kingdom.