Creatives December Flash Contest – Poetry

Enter the Creatives December Flash Competition!

This is the final of our flash contest series in the run up to Fort William Mountain Festival 2026 — a big thank you to everyone who has entered so far! For December, the theme is LAYERS and the genre is POETRY. We are accepting entries in English, Gaelic, Doric and Scots.

This competition is supported by Fort William Mountain Festival and the Highland Bookshop. The winner of each contest will receive a £50 cash prize and a weekend pass to Fort William Mountain Festival 2026, as well as have their work featured in our Creatives publication and festival events. The runners-up in each contest will be published on our website as part of a feature article. Winners will be announced in the new year.

Theme: LAYERS
Genre: POETRY
Word count: 60 words
Submission deadline: 31 December

Visual artists are also invited to submit ONE image per theme. There will be one visual artist winner for the complete contest series.

Entries should be in keeping with the themes outlined in our Creatives submission guidelines. To submit, send your entry to creatives@scottishmountaineeringpress.com.