North East competition: An affa fine Doric verse contest
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Entries are being sought from both adults and children for a set of Doric verse contests.
Three separate competitions are being run as part of the 2023 Keith Traditional Music and Song Association Festival, which will be held this Summer.
Wordsmiths have until Sunday, May 14 to send in their entries which can be on any subject they choose.
Organiser Joyce Dawson said: "We love reading the entries every year, and hope the contests continue to be as popular."
There are three prizes to be won.
The Ian Middleton Trophy is for youngsters under 12.
Ian was a stalwart of Keith Festival who enthusiastically encouraged the writing of the Scots Language, particularly amongst the younger generation.
The Charles Murray Trophy is for poets from two different generations – for example a parent or grandparent and a child.
It's named after the North-East figure poet who lived from 1864-1941.
Murray's work was so popular locally that the Press and Journal once printed an extra 80,000 copies of an edition that featured one of his poems.
The third and final contest, the Aultgowrie, is for adults and was introduced in 2019 after someone, misunderstanding the rules, sent in an impressive Doric poem about their childhood.
Poems must be written exclusively for the contests. Two entries allowed per person.
Email them to keithfestival@gmail.com
Alternatively, post them to Joyce at 124 Moss Street, Keith.
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