Neil Gunn Prizes 2011

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates all the winners and runners-up, participants and organisers of the biennial Neil Gunn Writing Competition; notes with appreciation the strong showing from Caithness, the home county of Neil Gunn, where Sarah Sinclair of Lybster Primary School won the first prize in the primary section, with Mari-Ann Ganson, also from Lybster, taking second place and Donald Mackay of Watten winning joint first in the adult poetry section; recognises the breadth of interest in this competition, which attracted entrants from as far afield as Portugal, South Africa and Australia, showing the world impact that the writing of Caithness's Neil Gunn has had; wishes the organisers all the best for the next competition, due to take place in 2012-13, and contends that, on this showing, creative writing in the Highlands remains strong.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

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