These pieces were shortlisted from 29 by panel judge Stuart. 

Stuart Kenny is an outdoor and adventure journalist, writing for The Guardian, Metro and editing the Much Better Adventures Magazine, as well as presenting on BBC Scotland's travel TV series Scotland's Greatest Escapes.

Stuart is also a spoken word poet, with work published in various places and two feature-length, nature-based storytelling shows. His 2018 debut show The Space Gecko Project was described as "the most wholesome show in Scottish poetry" by The Skinny and as "wonderfully weird" by the Sunday Post.

His 2023 show Bear With Me: A Polar Bear in Scotland debuted to a sold out crowd at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in February, was described by BBC Scotland's Michelle McManus as "Lovely, meditative, positive poetry [...] Nan Shepherd would've loved".