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Weelcome tae the website for weans, bairns and young folk that like tae write, read, draw and hae fun wi the Scots Language.
 
Itchy Cool is the new hame for aw Itchy Coo competitions. Keep an ee on this website for the latest Scots Language competitions for aw ages. 
 
As weel as that, send us yer Scots Language poems, stories and pictures and we’ll add them tae oor Young Makars or Gallery pages for the haill world tae see.

Royal Mail Scots Poetry Competitions 2009 
Three new Scots poetry competitions for three age groups

This year, hunners o pupils aged atween 4 and 17 entered oor Scots poetry competitions. They were fae Caithness, Galloway, Angus, Highland, Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Shetland, the Lothians, Lanarkshire and Fife. In ither words, fae every pairt o Scotland. 

Congratulations tae aw the winners. Ye can find oot wha they are here and view a Wee Word Competition Gallery A muckle thanks gangs oot tae aw the pupils that took pairt in the competitions and tae their braw dominies for sendin the entries tae us. On behalf o Itchy Coo, the Scottish Book Trust and the Royal Mail Children’s Book Awards, we want tae say weel done tae everybody.

Spyin

Ah bide in the woods, it’s a guid place tae be,
Ah flit intae the city tae see whit ah can see,
Ah’ll be buzzin roon the skies, chasin wee kimmers for ma tea

When ah’m flittin roon the big buildins, ah’ll feel nae pity,
Fur ma next bit ay prey, that ah’m gonnae scoop up frae above.
A wee sparra, a craw or even a dove.

Best ay the Scottish hunters, ah never fail tae get ma denner.
Ma big yella een will be watchin ye,
It’s fur the best if ye dinnae mess wi me.

by Kieran McDermott, Greenwood Academy, North Ayrshire
Winner of 'Photie' Scots poetry competition

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