Sangschaw winners 2026
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Sangschaw competition! All the winning entries, and some of the runners-up, will be published in upcoming editions of Lallans.
The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poetry
- 1st Prize
- Dinna Dicht Yer Ain Lair-Stane! by David Bleiman
- 2nd Prize
- Metamorphosis by Alastair McLeish
- Commended
- The Boy Cried “Gutties” by Bill Logan
- Ahint, Ayont by Donald Adamson
- Eh? Aye? (Untitled) by Neil Rhind
- Maunagement Evaingelism by Alastair McLeish
- A Gowdspink by Shane Strachan
- Gin Shakespeare Wir Scottish by George Watt
- Brakkin Breid by Shane Strachan
- Mairket Economy by Andrew Urquhart
- Wifie o Troy by Andrew Urquhart
- The Causie-Redder’s Channer by Jock Steen
Robert McLellan Tassie for Short Stories
- 1st Prize
- Foostie by Andrew Urquhart
- 2nd Prize
- The Roaring o the Sea by Shane Strachan
John MacPhail Law Tassie for Translation
- 1st Prize
- Thochts o a Prisoner o War in Poland by Derrick McClure
- 2nd Prize
- A Laundskep Flooers inby Me by Donald Adamson
- Commended
- Excerpts frae ‘Diary of a Man in Despair’ by Andy Matthews