Scottish Book Trust’s 50 Word Fiction competition for July is now open for entries. This month, the prompt is to write a 50 word story featuring an ice cream. The winner of the best Gaelic story receives a prize from The Gaelic Books Council and the winning story will be published on this page.
Deadline: 28th July 2026
Ready? Steady? Write! Entry form here.
Siùsaidh Hardy was the winner of the Gaelic 50 Word Fiction competition for June. Entrants were challenged to write a story, in no more than 50 words, about a rainbow. Congratulations, Siùsaidh, we hope you enjoy the prize supplied by the Gaelic Books Council!
And here is Siùsaidh Hardy‘s prize-winning story:
Le pian is lùir na shùilean, ghabh am balach thuige-fhèin gun robh a bheatha air tighinn gu crìoch. CEÒ A’ CHOGAIDH!
Far am biodh taigh làn gaol is mìre, cha robh ach bàs is duslach.
….. Bogha-froise sna speuran ….. Làmh chaomh air a ghualainn…..
Prìobadh dòchais na chridhe????
With pain and suffering in his eyes, the boy accepted that his life was ending. THE FOG OF WAR!
Where there had been a house filled with love and joy, there was only death and dust.
….. A rainbow in the sky…. A gentle hand on his shoulder….
A flicker of hope in his heart????
[Gaelic Books Council translation]
