Programme for 2025/26
| 2025 September 2 | Welcome and Introductions |
| September 16 | Workshop |
| October 7 | Hybrid Club/Critique Night Closing date for the Flash Fiction Competition |
| October 21 | Club Night Speculative Fiction |
| November 4 | Adjudication of Flash Fiction Competition Jennie Murray Closing date for the Poetry Competition |
| November 18 | Club Night3-5 minute sketch Discussion of members’ questionnaire feedback |
| December 2 | Adjudication of Poetry Competition Ross Colin MacKay |
| December 16 | Silent Auction |
| 2026 January 6 | Critique Night Closing date for the Olive Lawrie Short Story competition In a change to the usual deadline, please note it is January 15th |
| January 20 | ‘Write on the Night’ Competition |
| February 3 | Club Night> Snippets |
| Feb 17 | Adjudication of the Olive Lawrie Shorty Story Competition Liam Bell |
| March 3 | Workshop Closing date for the President’s Prize |
| March 17 | Club Night> Visit of FalkirkTheme is ‘Travel’ |
| April 7 | Announcement of the President’s Prize |
| April 21 | AGM |
| April 28 | Annual Meal |
Perthshire Writers was founded in 1976 as a society in which aspiring and published writers can share their work in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
What we do…
Our programme runs from September through to May. We meet at 7:30 pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the Murray Room, Salutation Hotel, 30 South Street, Perth PH2 8PH
Some write purely for pleasure, while others have several publications to their credit.
We cover all types of writing – poetry,
short stories, articles, drama, etc.
You can find out more about a typical club night under the ‘guidance‘ section.
Interested to find out more?
If you are interested in trying us out, then please contact our Secretary, Anne Pack, at secretary@perthshirewriters.org.uk to let us know you are coming along. You will be most welcome.
At a typical meeting, members bring along and read work on a given theme, receiving comments and advice from other members. Information is also given about relevant conferences, competitions and other events for writers.
There are annual competitions judged by established writers from outwith the group.
Over the years the group has had links with Perth Youth Theatre and Perth Hospital Radio, and has presented A Pocketful of Perthshire during Perth Festival of the Arts, with members performing poetry, prose and sketches in public.
We have just released a new anthology containing a selection of writings by all members of our society.
