Mountain Article and Photographic Competitions

The MCofS has joined with Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival to expand this long-running MCofS literary competition and the EMFF photography competition

MCofS Mountain Article Coordinator:

Jayne Glass

Jayne is a Postgraduate Research Associate and PhD candidate at the Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth UHI college. Her research focuses on developing and applying sustainability indicators for upland estate management. Jayne is an active climber pushing her sport grade, usually in Spain with husband Ryan (a Mountain Instructor). In the past she has been involved in volunteering with the Scottish Wild Land Group, helping with their magazine. She is also acting Sub Editor of the MCofS magazine, Scottish Mountaineer, responsible for the  Book review, BiviTalk and Reader Offer sections. Jayne's role as coordinator of the MAC is  to coordinate all entries, identify judges and verify results.

The MCofS has encouraged creative mountain writing through the MCofS Mountain Article Competition since 1987. There have been over 300 entries since it’s inception by then President Graham E Little. Past Vice President Ingrid Parker then introduced a Poetry category in 1997.

We all have it in us, so if you feel you can let it out, then, enter the competition. The subject matter must have a connection with any aspect of mountaineering, rock climbing, walking or ski mountaineering / ski-touring. It can be fiction or non-fiction, weird or wonderful. Judges will look for originality.

Judges are MCofS Committee members and staff, past competition winners and well known authors or journalists.

The winning entries for both competitions are announced at the Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival in October. Winners of the photography competition are displayed as part of the EMFF exhibition at the Edinburgh Fine Art Library on George IV Bridge, which runs for a month in the lead up to the festival in October and they will then be reproduced in the Scottish Mountaineer.

Previous Winners:
Find out who won prizes in recent years and read the articles here: