Following on from the success of the last three writing competitions at the Fort William Mountain Festival, the John Muir Trust is running another competition for aspiring writers. With the broad theme of ‘experiences in wild places’, entries could incorporate a journey, a place, an expedition, a mountain or river, a walk, climb, sail or kayak. The John Muir Trust aims to celebrate the landscape and wild places by encouraging new and upcoming writers to write about their experiences and share their stories.
Entries can be submitted in English or Gaelic with one entry only per person. The deadline for entries is 18 January 2010. More information can be found at www.jmt.org/. Previous judges have included Cameron McNeish, Linda Cracknell, Jim Perrin, Cynthia Rogerson and Kenny Taylor. The winning piece will be published in the John Muir Trust Journal, which goes out to 10,000 peopole. The winner will be announced at the Fort William Mountain Festival to be held in February 2010.
With the number of great trip reports on Walkhighlands growing each month surely there must be a few Walkhighlands users out there who would be in with a chance!