Anne Brown Essay Prize Winner, Dani Garavelli

In this video, Dani Garavelli tells the history and inspiration behind her winning essay.

19 December 2022

The Anne Brown Essay Prize for Scotland was awarded for the first time at Wigtown Book Festival 2021. In her winning entry, 'The Bequest', Dani Garavelli movingly explores her Italian-Scottish heritage. Here she tells the history and inspiration behind her winning essay.

Video by Colin Tennant

The Anne Brown Essay Prize

£1500 for the best literary essay by a writer in or from Scotland
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The Bequest

Read Anne Brown Essay Prize winner Dani Garavelli's poignant essay about her Italian-Scottish heritage.
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Remembering Anne Brown

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Inviting fresh, thought-provoking short-form writing.

Generously supported by Anne Brown's children, the Anne Brown Essay Prize is a £1500 prize with no entry fee, open to anyone born or resident in Scotland.

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