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Blair Center

Scotland // Former President of the University of Aberdeen English Literature Society // Former Vice President of the University of Aberdeen Creative Writing Society // POTB Prose Panel // English and Doric. // Je parle français; écrivez-moi! //
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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Selected work (27 publications)

The Basilisk Tree, 2024
Poem - Peoplewatching: Tankas
poetry
scottish
Eemis Stane, 2024
Poem - Birthday RosesMy poem, 'Birthday Roses', which won third place in the Open category in the Buchan Heritage Society's 2023 Strichen Festival Doric Poetry Competition. In Eemis Stane's third issue.
poetry
memory
flowers
scottish
rural
The Hyacinth Review, 2024
Poem - Of InkMy poem, 'Of Ink' (which originally appeared in The Basilisk Tree, Issue 1 (March, 2023)).
poetry
scottish
The Hyacinth Review, 2023
Poem - Following in Footsteps
winter
scottish
heritage

Links

2024: Pushing out the Boat - Blog - 'Writing Creatively about the Sea' with Dr Shane StrachanA blog post reflecting on my volunteering and participation in a workshop led by Dr Shane Strachan for Aberdeen's 2024 Festival of the Sea.
2024: Leith Hall's 'A Midsummer Stage'This June, for the third year in a row, I participated in the 'A Midsummer Stage' event at Leith Hall for local writing and music.
2024: Keith TMSA Festival - Aultgowrie Poetry Competition - Two of my poems receive Highly Commended As this 'Doric Corner' article by Shane Strachan in the Press in Journal mentions, two of my poems received Highly Commended in the Keith TMSA Festival 2024's Aultgowrie Poetry Competition.
2024- : Pushing Out The Boat - TeamI am on the Prose Panel of Pushing Out The Boat, the North-East of Scotland's regional literary magazine.
2023: The Buchan Heritage Society - Strichen Festival Writing Competition 2023 Results - Two of My Poems Win Third Place(LINK NOW INACTIVE DUE TO UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR) Two of my poems, 'Birthday Roses' and 'The Stanners', won third place prize from the Buchan Heritage Society in the Open category of their 2023 Strichen Festival Doric Poetry Competition.
Blair Center, Author at The Hyacinth ReviewHere you may find my author page at The Hyacinth Review, which contains all my works which have been published there.
2021: Grampian Online - 'Annual Doric prose and poetry winners announced'My poem, 'Hosie's Sickness', received Highly Commended in the Open poetry category of The Buchan Heritage Society's Doric Writing Competition.
2021: The Buchan Heritage Society - Strichen Festival Writing Competition 2021 ResultsMy poem, 'Hosie's Sickness', received Highly Commended in the Open poetry category of The Buchan Heritage Society's Doric Writing Competition.
2020-2023: The Creative Writing Society Compendium (award-winning University of Aberdeen student publication)The Creative Writing Society Compendium is an award-winning publication by the Aberdeen University Creative Writing Society. Pieces are written, produced, compiled, and edited by members of the Society. 2022-23 Editor-in-Chief: Blair Center.
2019: Scottish Review - Scottish Schools Young Writer of the Year - Report and AdjudicationsMy non-fiction essay, 'Bent Out of Shape', an 'Entertaining essay of a normally mundane event: a schools sports day', received Highly Commended as part of the 2018 Scottish Schools Young Writer of the Year competition.