The Edinburgh Reporter Competitions

WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE NEXT LOVE YOUR BUSINESS NETWORKING CLUB AT BLACK IVYIf you haven’t heard about the business ‘networking’ club at Black Ivy in Bruntsfield, ‘Love Your Business’, featuring guest speakers, workshops, great networking opportunities and table tennis, then organiser, Michelle Brown, would really like you to try one of their sessions this week - for free!You can...

Words : Nigel Duncan Photo Editor : John Preece Three Scottish photographers have been short-listed in the world’s largest photography competition.Over 227,000 images were received from 183 countries and the winners in the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards will be confirmed in the next few weeks.Craig Easton was shortlisted in the Portraiture category of the Professional competition.Jimmy Reid was shortlisted for...

The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival takes place this weekend between 6 - 8 February 2015.If you are interested in the outdoors for any reason at all then this festival in the lecture theatre in George Square will have films and talks to tempt you. The full programme is available here.The Edinburgh Reporter is delighted to offer you the opportunity...

This competition ends on 30 April 2014.Lari Don is an Edinburgh-based writer who has just published her latest book Mind Blind, written for young adults.This is what she says about it:-"Ciaran Bane is a criminal with a very useful talent: he can read minds. But his skill comes at a price, and often feels more like a curse than...

The lovely people at Specsavers have given us four tickets for our latest competition.The tickets are for the Edinburgh Rugby v Benetton Treviso match this Friday 7 October at 7.35pm at Murrayfield Stadium.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2016 at 12 noonSpecsavers has stores across Edinburgh and the surrounding...

Win an Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo and Pommery Champagne experience Edinburgh’s most glamorous pop-up, the Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar, is once more running in the historic Signet Library for festival fizz until 25 August 2014.  With superb afternoon teas, sharing platters, lobster, Aberdeen Angus burgers and of course, lots of champagne, the Pommery Bar is a wonderful place to...

We have a great competition for you this month!Win tickets to see the smash hit musical comedy Hairspray at The Edinburgh Playhouse After a sell-out run last year the all-singing, all-dancing production returns to Edinburgh this March!It’s Baltimore, 1962 where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams...

A unique opportunity to view intricate, painstakingly crafted work by leading contemporary textile artists comes to Edinburgh at the end of the month.The Edinburgh Reporter has two tickets to give away with a face value of £32.Enter by 24 April 2016 at 5:00pm to be in with a chance of winning two free tickets!Award-winning textile fine artist and painter Michala Gyetvai will...

You have only hours to enter this competition! Enter here by 11.00am on Thursday 5 November 2015. Specsavers have just given us tickets for the Edinburgh Rugby match this weekend Saturday 7 November 2015 at Murrayfield.This weekend the capital team are facing Munster at 5.15pm at Murrayfield Stadium.Specsavers has stores across Edinburgh and the surrounding areas – Shandwick Place, Cameron Toll, Fort Kinnaird,...

The Royal Highland Show starts next week at Ingliston and The Edinburgh Reporter has two tickets to give away!There is an impressive line up for this year's 175th event, which takes place from 18-21 June at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh.Featuring the very best of Scotland's musical talent, there is a packed programme of music and entertainment across several dedicated stages throughout...

Bananarama are the ultimate female 80s group and now we have the chance for you to win one of three pairs of tickets to their concert at Edinburgh Castle on 20 July 2018. This will be their first ever outdoor gig.Earlier this year, the girl group that defined the decade announced they were back to their original, record-breaking line...

The Scottish actor who has made it to Broadway, winning a Tony along the way among many awards, and who wowed us during the 2016 Festival with his show at The Hub, is also a good writer. Alan Cumming's autobiography Not My Father's Son is a moving account of his family relationships which were turned upside down after a phone call from his...

Win tickets for Edinburgh Rugby v Cardiff Blues on Saturday 7 May 2016 at 3.00pm at BT Murrayfield.The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh’s game against Cardiff Blues at BT Murrayfield.Four tickets are on offer for one lucky winner.Enter by 12 noon on Thursday 5 May 2016.Specsavers has stores...

 To celebrate the launch of the much anticipated film Batman: The Killing Joke, Vue Livingston is offering film fans the chance to win one of four pairs of tickets to watch the superhero on his mission to track down the elusive Joker on Monday 25 July 2016.For your chance to win a pair of tickets to this special one...

Introducing Friday Night at the Races with an exciting after-racing party hosted by Forth One's Boogie and Arlene. Join the fun on Friday 27 May and you could win £3,000 in a competition to be run on the night itself.But the lovely people at Musselburgh Racecourse have given us two tickets for you to win to ensure you are there...

To celebrate their Big Beach Clean-Up event at Cramond Beach, M&S has teamed up with The Edinburgh Reporter to give one lucky reader the chance to win £100 voucher to spend in-store. The winner could choose to add to their summer wardrobe, or pick-up some tasty treats for them and their friends from the retailer's new Taste of the British...

Here is a fun competition for readers and their children under the age of 16 to enter.What do you have to do to enter?Boil up some eggs and decorate them. Then send us a photo of the egg (preferably with the creator in the photo) and we will publish a selection of photos in our April newspaper. Send...

The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Ulster this Friday 16 October at 7.45pm at Murrayfield.We have four tickets to win for one lucky winner but get your entry in now as the competition closes on Thursday 15 October at 9:00am. Good luck! Specsavers has stores across Edinburgh and the surrounding...

Win a Stay in one of the Newly Refurbished Travelodge hotels in Edinburgh Ah! Edinburgh, not only does our beautiful city boast beautiful gothic architecture, rich history and warming, hearty food, but it’s also known around the world for its thriving cultural scene and has become internationally famous in part due to its status as a muse for writers, filmmakers...

TWO TICKETS TO BE WON FOR THE BOWMORE SMOKE & OYSTERS FATHER'S DAY EXPERIENCE on 18 June 2014 at The New Club Princes Street.  Enter below but hurry this competition closes on Monday 16 June 2014 at 5.00pm.The perfect way to celebrate with Islay’s first Single Malt WhiskyTo mark Father’s Day, Bowmore, Islay’s first Single Malt Whisky, is hosting an intimate evening of...

Based on the Oscar winning musical film and hugely successful TV series, FAME – THE MUSICAL is back – and it’s gonna live forever! Brought bang up to date this exciting new production will take you on a hi-octane roller coaster ride through dizzy heights and crashing lows as a group of star-struck wannabes embark on their quest for the...

Edinburgh Festival of Cycling gives Edinburgh audiences the exclusive opportunity to hear first hand from World Record Holder Mark Beaumont about his #AfricaSolo expedition. And now The Edinburgh Reporter has two tickets for Friday's event to give away!Just answer this very simple question in our flash competition by 7:00pm on Thursday 25 June 2015.Scottish adventurer Mark Beaumont will close the...

PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED..... White Christmas is coming to the Festival Theatre from the end of November until the beginning of January. With three well-known TV personalities playing the main characters and an Irving Berlin score, this is set to turn even the most bah humbug among you into a tinsel waving happy holidaymaker.The story is well-known...

 The 30th Edinburgh International Science Festival begins today for two weeks at a variety of locations across the city. There are events for children but also many which are more suitable for adults.Best Before : The Evolution and Future of Processed Food will be held on Thursday 5 April 2018, at the Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, and is suitable...

Specsavers have once more given us four tickets for an Edinburgh Rugby match this Friday at Myreside.You will be able to go along and experience the whole match with three friends .Edinburgh Rugby take on Cardiff Blues on Friday 24 February 2017 at 7.05pm.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by 23 February 2017 at 9amSpecsavers...

UK’s biggest Christmas drive-in cinema coming to the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston. With the world’s biggest outdoor screen, the Edinburgh Christmas Spectacular, a drive-in cinema festival that promises to be the festive family event of the year, will be playing iconic Christmas films and hosting a variety of festive entertainment at the Royal Highland Centre from the 19th to...

Harvest Moon Holidays will welcome one lucky winner with up to three of their friends or family to stay for two nights in a safari tent or a treehouse on their site at Lochhouses, East Lothian.This is a great place for families as the site is right next to the sandy beach where you can walk or run to your heart's content....

To recognise our fabulous August visitor numbers we asked some of our contacts to offer our readers something as an Edinburgh Reporter Reward.Our unique users in August were over 100,000 which is an amazing number of people – and two and a half times the number of people reading our website in January 2013.Today the Edinburgh Reporter Reward which...

Snap up 2 FREE tickets to The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating ShowKeen to update your kitchen?Thinking of extending your home?Dreaming of building your own home? Then make sure you don’t miss The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show when it returns to the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh on 19 - 20 October 2019.Snap up two free tickets – saving you...

The film The Girl On The Train based on the book of the same name is now showing in cinemas and to celebrate the release of the film Vue Edinburgh and TransPennine Express have teamed up with The Edinburgh Reporter to ask Edinburgh commuters to share their most memorable train trip.Our commuter with the most entertaining story will receive a pair...