Sangschaw 2027, and notice of AGM
The AGM of the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Zoom on the 30th of September. The agenda as it currently stands is below.
Meanwhile, the Sangschaw is open for 2027! See the rules below.
AGM Agenda
- Minutes of AGM 2025
- Matters arising
- Presidents’ Report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Lallans
- Sangschaw
- Election of Office Bearers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Admin & Membership Secretary, Treasurer
- Election of Ordinary Comittee Membmers
- Any other competent business
Members: keep an eye on your emails for the Zoom link!
Sangschaw 2027 Rules
- Entries by 31st Januar 2027.
- Poetry no more than 45 lines.
- Prose no more than 3000 words.
- Translations: poetry 45 lines, prose 3000 words, text of original to be included.
- Submissions all in Scots (unless there’s a good reason for using another language e.g. coup de grace, vae victis).
- Writings previously published, accepted for publication or submitted elsewhere are not elibile.
- Submissions are judged anonymously, no no names on submissions, but name, address and title of submission/s on a separate page. Multiple submissions on separate pages, please.
- £5 per entry, £12 for 3 submissions, peyed by BACS/Paypal/cheque/cash or any other means to the SLS account. Proof of payment should be sent with submissions.
Feedback is given on every submission. Three tassies are awarded: the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie for poetry, the Robert McLellan Tassie for prose, and the John MacPhail Law Tassie for translation, with £100 for 1st prize, £50 for runners-up, in all categories.
Submissions may be sent online to the Society, or to failte@go-plus.net, or as paper copies to Sangschaw, c/o 6 Dryden Place, Edinburgh EH9 1RP.
All submissions will be considered for publication in Lallans magazine.