Scottish Book Trust’s 50 Word Fiction competition for June is now open for entries. This month, the prompt is to write a 50 word story featuring a rainbow. 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: 30th June 2026
Ready? Steady? Write! Entry form here.
Count Miklos Cseszneky was the winner of the Gaelic 50 Word Fiction competition for May. Entrants were challenged to write a story, in no more than 50 words, about a computer. Congratulations, Miklos, we hope you enjoy the prize supplied by the Gaelic Books Council!
And here is Count Miklos Cseszneky‘s prize-winning story:
Reasabaidhean. Naidheachdan. Dealbhan cait.
Airson sia mìosan, fhreagair mi i.
An uair sin sgrìobh i:
“Tha mi duilich nach do dh’innis mi dhut mu d’ athair.”
Cha do thàinig post-d sam bith às dèidh sin.
After my mother’s death, her computer continued to send me e-mails on Fridays.
Recipes. News. Pictures of cats.
For six months, I replied.
Then she wrote:
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about your father.”
I didn’t receive any e-mails after that.
[Gaelic Books Council translation]
