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This year’s theme will be _The Art of Flyting in Scottish Literature_. + + + +The cost of attending the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Elaine Morton on +failte@go-plus.net. + +## Sangschaw 2023 Winners + +### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose + +#### Winner + +_Aince_ by Jamie Purves + +#### Rinner-up + +_Haymarket Wumman_ by Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ by Anne Jones + +_Benny_ by Andrew G Matthews + +_Kafka_ by Pete Fortune + +### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin + +#### Winner + +_A Sang tae the Heir_ by Derrick McClure + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The King o the Bees_ by Dorothy Lawrenson + +_Salome_ by Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Mylkwiffe_ by Donald Adamson + +_Weddin Blessin_ by Gordon Davidson + +_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ by Tom Ellett + +_Seeven Auld Fodies_ by WS Milne + +_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ by Colin Mackenzie + +_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ by Derrick McClure + +_Propertius_ by John Erskine + +### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie + +#### Winner + +_Roond Stane_ by Finola Scott + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The Black Loch_ by Robert Duncan +_Aliens_ by James Sinclair + +#### Ruisit + +_Chale Shaw_ by Joe Carstairs + +_John MacLean’s Coat_ by Robert Duncan + +_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ by David Bleiman + +_Bauk in the USSR_ by Alastair McLeish + +_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ by Alan Millar + +_The Ootgaun_ by Hamish Scott + +_Mindin Joe_ by Jock Stein + +_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ by Donald Adamson + +_A New Sang_ by David Bleiman + +_Ahint the Haund_ by Kevin Connelly + +_The Marriage Lair_ by Irene Howat + +_Leid in ma Heid_ by Alan Millar + +## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 + +Our own Lord Braxfield, Judge of the Sangschaw, will deliver his summary of +this year’s happenings in Lallans 102. The word on the street is that the +cranky old grump was pretty impressed by what was put before him. So keep at +it, Scots writers - it vexes him no end to see the Scots language being put to +such good effect! It’s not too early to start working on your masterpiece for +next year. The winner of the poetry class is printed below, but the editor will +endeavour to include as many entries as possible in the forthcoming Lallans +102/103. The summer number in particular will have an extraordinary and broad +showing of further Scots writing, including an interview with Scots Radio +broadcaster Frieda Morrison; Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson +and song; the final instalment of Sam Burns’ Deacon Broadie play and an +abundance of thought-provoking poetry, stories, reviews and news concerning +all the other ventures in the ever-expanding world of the Scots language. + +## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ by Finola Scott + +_Winner of the Hugh MacDiarmid Cup for Poetry, Sangschaw 2023_ + +Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
+An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
+He wis the first. In he struts
+Aw Cock o the walk,
+King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
+ +Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
+Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
+He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
+Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
+A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
+ +I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
+thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
+when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
+fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
+an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
+ +## Anthologies + +The Scots Language Society is a registered charity run by volunteers. By being +a member of the Society, you are already giving the Scots language a boost. +You can help us further by purchasing one or both of our first-rate +50th-anniversary anthologies: contact our membership Secretary, George T Watt +at lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Willie Hershaw at +w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. +Every book costs £12.99 including postage. Overseas orders incur an additional +£5 for postage. Included is a selection of the best Scots poetry and prose +from across 50 years and hundred issues of Lallans. diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx deleted file mode 100644 index 34a83ac..0000000 --- a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,171 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Eiks an Ens 30 -summary: >- - Included in this issue of Eiks an Ens are details of our next - Conference in Perth and of our anthologies, which are having - very positive reviews and are well worth the money. ---- -import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; -import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; - -## Annual Conference - -The Annual Conference of the Scots Language Society will be held on Saturday the -3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 -8EP. This year’s theme will be _The Art of Flyting in Scottish Literature_. - - - -The cost of attending the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on -lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Elaine Morton on -failte@go-plus.net. - -## Sangschaw 2023 Winners - -### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose - -#### Winner - -_Aince_ by Jamie Purves - -#### Rinner-up - -_Haymarket Wumman_ by Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ by Anne Jones - -_Benny_ by Andrew G Matthews - -_Kafka_ by Pete Fortune - -### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin - -#### Winner - -_A Sang tae the Heir_ by Derrick McClure - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The King o the Bees_ by Dorothy Lawrenson - -_Salome_ by Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Mylkwiffe_ by Donald Adamson - -_Weddin Blessin_ by Gordon Davidson - -_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ by Tom Ellett - -_Seeven Auld Fodies_ by WS Milne - -_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ by Colin Mackenzie - -_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ by Derrick McClure - -_Propertius_ by John Erskine - -### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie - -#### Winner - -_Roond Stane_ by Finola Scott - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The Black Loch_ by Robert Duncan -_Aliens_ by James Sinclair - -#### Ruisit - -_Chale Shaw_ by Joe Carstairs - -_John MacLean’s Coat_ by Robert Duncan - -_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ by David Bleiman - -_Bauk in the USSR_ by Alastair McLeish - -_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ by Alan Millar - -_The Ootgaun_ by Hamish Scott - -_Mindin Joe_ by Jock Stein - -_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ by Donald Adamson - -_A New Sang_ by David Bleiman - -_Ahint the Haund_ by Kevin Connelly - -_The Marriage Lair_ by Irene Howat - -_Leid in ma Heid_ by Alan Millar - -## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 - -Our own Lord Braxfield, Judge of the Sangschaw, will deliver his summary of -this year’s happenings in Lallans 102. The word on the street is that the -cranky old grump was pretty impressed by what was put before him. So keep at -it, Scots writers - it vexes him no end to see the Scots language being put to -such good effect! It’s not too early to start working on your masterpiece for -next year. The winner of the poetry class is printed below, but the editor will -endeavour to include as many entries as possible in the forthcoming Lallans -102/103. The summer number in particular will have an extraordinary and broad -showing of further Scots writing, including an interview with Scots Radio -broadcaster Frieda Morrison; Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson -and song; the final instalment of Sam Burns’ Deacon Broadie play and an -abundance of thought-provoking poetry, stories, reviews and news concerning -all the other ventures in the ever-expanding world of the Scots language. - -## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ by Finola Scott - -_Winner of the Hugh MacDiarmid Cup for Poetry, Sangschaw 2023_ - -Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
-An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
-He wis the first. In he struts
-Aw Cock o the walk,
-King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
- -Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
-Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
-He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
-Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
-A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
- -I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
-thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
-when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
-fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
-an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
- -## Anthologies - -The Scots Language Society is a registered charity run by volunteers. By being -a member of the Society, you are already giving the Scots language a boost. -You can help us further by purchasing one or both of our first-rate -50th-anniversary anthologies: contact our membership Secretary, George T Watt -at lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Willie Hershaw at -w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. -Every book costs £12.99 including postage. Overseas orders incur an additional -£5 for postage. Included is a selection of the best Scots poetry and prose -from across 50 years and hundred issues of Lallans. diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1158dde --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 31 +summary: >- + The 2024 Sangschaw is open for submissions! Not only that, learn about a new + Scots-language audio guide at Linlithgow Palace and an upcoming album release + from our very own Wullie Hershaw. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; + +## Sangschaw open for submissions! + +Our annual writing competition, the _Sangschaw_, is open for submissions! +As ever, we will provide feedback for every entry regardless of whether or not +you win an award. It’s unusual for competitions like us to provide feedback on +entries, but we think it’s important to help writers develop. We have three +prizes: + +- The **Robert McLellan Prize for Scots Prose**: up to 3000 words of original + Scots prose. +- The **John MacPhail Law Prize for Translation**: up to 3000 words of + original translation into Scots from another language. Provide along with a + copy of the original text. +- The **Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poetry**: up to 60 lines of original Scots + poetry. + +Writers new and old are all welcome, so don’t hold back! We look forward to +having your entries! +failte@go-plus.net +along with proof of payment, or with a cheque or cash to the following address: + +
+ Sangschaw + 6 Dryden Place + Edinburgh + EH9 1RP +
+ +Address any cheque to the Scots Language Society. You can pay by bank transfer +to the following account: + +
+
Account name
+
Scots Language Society
+ +
Account number
+
00153458
+ +
Sort code
+
83 47 00
+
+ +## Upcoming album release: _Leid_ + +Our very own Wullie Hershaw will soon be releasing a new album of contemporary +Scots songs titled _Leid_. It will be coming early in the new year, so stay +tuned in! + +To whet your appetite, you can watch +Frieda Morrison’s excellent video about a recent scheme of Wullie’s, when he released the book, +_The Sair Road_, along with illustrations from Les McConnel and an exhibition +in the Lochgelly Centre about the famous miner-playwright, Joe Corrie. You can +also have a listen to the musical work of his group, +the Bowhill Players on Bandcamp. + +## New audio guide at Linlithgow Palace + +This winter, the good folks at Historic Environment Scotland have translated +their audio guides for visitors into Scots for the first time. The aim is to +promote the status of the Scots language as well as to give visitors the +opportunity to hear the voices of the court in something approaching their own +language. + +You can read more +about the new audio guides on the Historic Environment Scotland website. + +As far as we know, this is the first such venture, not only by Historic +Environment Scotland, but at any major tourist attraction. Can anybody think of +anything similar? Answers on a postcard please! + +## Haven’t received Lallans 103 yet? + +It has come to the attention of George, our membership secretary, that there +has been an error with the posting of _Lallans_ 103. Two members, both +subscribers entitled to issue 103, failed to receive their copies. + +If you haven’t yet received your copy of _Lallans_ 103, which he posted out on +Wednesday the 7th of November, please email George at +georgetwatt@hotmail.com +and make us aware of it. A copy of _Lallans_ 103 will be posted out to you +straight away! + +## New format for Eiks an Ens + +Old friends will recall that _Eiks an Ens_ has formerly been a literary +magazine to accompany _Lallans_. We on the Committee felt that this neither +gave _Eiks_ the distinct identity which it deserved, nor took full advantage of +the opportunity it afforded to hold our community together. + +Therefore, this is the first issue of _Eiks_ to take a new format, where we’ll +be endeavouring to share current affairs in the world of Scots language and +literature, especially where it relates directly to our membership. + +So send us in your inside information! If you’ve spotted something you think we +ought to share in the next _Eiks_, send it to lallans@hotmail.co.uk. diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-an-ens-31.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-an-ens-31.mdx deleted file mode 100644 index 1158dde..0000000 --- a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-12-10-eiks-an-ens-31.mdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Eiks an Ens 31 -summary: >- - The 2024 Sangschaw is open for submissions! Not only that, learn about a new - Scots-language audio guide at Linlithgow Palace and an upcoming album release - from our very own Wullie Hershaw. ---- -import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; - -## Sangschaw open for submissions! - -Our annual writing competition, the _Sangschaw_, is open for submissions! -As ever, we will provide feedback for every entry regardless of whether or not -you win an award. It’s unusual for competitions like us to provide feedback on -entries, but we think it’s important to help writers develop. We have three -prizes: - -- The **Robert McLellan Prize for Scots Prose**: up to 3000 words of original - Scots prose. -- The **John MacPhail Law Prize for Translation**: up to 3000 words of - original translation into Scots from another language. Provide along with a - copy of the original text. -- The **Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poetry**: up to 60 lines of original Scots - poetry. - -Writers new and old are all welcome, so don’t hold back! We look forward to -having your entries! -failte@go-plus.net -along with proof of payment, or with a cheque or cash to the following address: - -
- Sangschaw - 6 Dryden Place - Edinburgh - EH9 1RP -
- -Address any cheque to the Scots Language Society. You can pay by bank transfer -to the following account: - -
-
Account name
-
Scots Language Society
- -
Account number
-
00153458
- -
Sort code
-
83 47 00
-
- -## Upcoming album release: _Leid_ - -Our very own Wullie Hershaw will soon be releasing a new album of contemporary -Scots songs titled _Leid_. It will be coming early in the new year, so stay -tuned in! - -To whet your appetite, you can watch -Frieda Morrison’s excellent video about a recent scheme of Wullie’s, when he released the book, -_The Sair Road_, along with illustrations from Les McConnel and an exhibition -in the Lochgelly Centre about the famous miner-playwright, Joe Corrie. You can -also have a listen to the musical work of his group, -the Bowhill Players on Bandcamp. - -## New audio guide at Linlithgow Palace - -This winter, the good folks at Historic Environment Scotland have translated -their audio guides for visitors into Scots for the first time. The aim is to -promote the status of the Scots language as well as to give visitors the -opportunity to hear the voices of the court in something approaching their own -language. - -You can read more -about the new audio guides on the Historic Environment Scotland website. - -As far as we know, this is the first such venture, not only by Historic -Environment Scotland, but at any major tourist attraction. Can anybody think of -anything similar? Answers on a postcard please! - -## Haven’t received Lallans 103 yet? - -It has come to the attention of George, our membership secretary, that there -has been an error with the posting of _Lallans_ 103. Two members, both -subscribers entitled to issue 103, failed to receive their copies. - -If you haven’t yet received your copy of _Lallans_ 103, which he posted out on -Wednesday the 7th of November, please email George at -georgetwatt@hotmail.com -and make us aware of it. A copy of _Lallans_ 103 will be posted out to you -straight away! - -## New format for Eiks an Ens - -Old friends will recall that _Eiks an Ens_ has formerly been a literary -magazine to accompany _Lallans_. We on the Committee felt that this neither -gave _Eiks_ the distinct identity which it deserved, nor took full advantage of -the opportunity it afforded to hold our community together. - -Therefore, this is the first issue of _Eiks_ to take a new format, where we’ll -be endeavouring to share current affairs in the world of Scots language and -literature, especially where it relates directly to our membership. - -So send us in your inside information! If you’ve spotted something you think we -ought to share in the next _Eiks_, send it to lallans@hotmail.co.uk. diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..201642c --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-30.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 30 +summary: >- + Includit i this issue o Eiks an Ens is details o oor neist Collogue in Perth an + o oor anthologies, that is haein fell positive reviews an weel wurth the siller. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; +import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; + +## Annual Collogue + +The Annual Collogue o the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Setturday, June +3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. +This year’s theme will be _The Art o Flyting in Scottish Leiterature_. + +### Events schedule + + + +The cost o attendin the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Elaine Morton on +failte@go-plus.net. + + +## Sangschaw 2023 Winners + +### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose + +#### Winner + +_Aince_ bi Jamie Purves + +#### Rinner-up + +_Haymarket Wumman_ bi Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ bi Anne Jones + +_Benny_ bi Andrew G. Matthews + +_Kafka_ bi Pete Fortune + +### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin + +#### Winner + +_A Sang tae the Heir_ bi Derrick McClure + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The King o the Bees_ bi Dorothy Lawrenson + +_Salome_ bi Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Mylkwiffe_ bi Donald Adamson + +_Weddin Blessin_ bi Gordon Davidson + +_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ bi Tom Ellett + +_Seeven Auld Fodies_ bi WS Milne + +_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ bi Colin Mackenzie + +_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ bi Derrick McClure + +_Propertius_ bi John Erskine + +### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie + +#### Winner + +_Roond Stane_ bi Finola Scott + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The Black Loch_ bi Robert Duncan + +_Aliens_ bi James Sinclair + +#### Ruisit + +_Chale Shaw_ bi Joe Carstairs + +_John MacLean’s Coat_ bi Robert Duncan + +_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ bi David Bleiman + +_Bauk in the USSR_ bi Alastair McLeish + +_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ bi Alan Millar + +_The Ootgaun_ bi Hamish Scott + +_Mindin Joe_ bi Jock Stein + +_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ bi Donald Adamson + +_A New Sang_ bi David Bleiman + +_Ahint the Haund_ bi Kevin Connelly + +_The Marriage Lair_ bi Irene Howat + +_Leid in ma Heid_ bi Alan Millar + +## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 + +Our ain Lord Braxfield, Jeidge o the Sangschaw, will deleiver his summation +o this year’s fairins in Lallans 102. The wird on the pavey is that the +crabbit auld scunner wass fair taen up wi whit was puit afore him. Sae caw +awaa Scots screivers - it deaves him sairly tae see the leid being yokit +tae sic guid effeck! It’s no ower airly tae get makkin your maisterpiece +for neist year. The winner o the poesie is prentit ablaw but the editor +will ettle tae include as monie entries as possible in the furthcoming Lallans +102/103. Forby, the simmer nummer will hae a byous kythin and spreid o Scots +screivin including an interview wi Scots Radio broadcaster Frieda Morrison, +Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson and sang, the final instalment +o Sam Burns Deacon Brodie play and a wheen o thochtie poesie, tales, reviews +and wittins anent aa the ither ploys gaun on in the aye raxin warld o Scots Leid. + +## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ bi Finola Scott + +_Winner o the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie fur Poesie, Sangschaw 2023_ + +Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
+An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
+He wis the first. In he struts
+Aw Cock o the walk,
+King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
+ +Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
+Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
+He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
+Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
+A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
+ +I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
+thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
+when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
+fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
+an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
+ +## Anthologies + +The Scots Leid Associe is a registered charity rin bi volunteers. Bi bein a +memmer o the Associe ye are aaready giein the Scots leid a heize. Ye can help +us faurther gin ye coff ane or baith o our braw 50th anniversairy anthologies: +contack our memmership secretar George T Watt at +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Willie Hershaw at +w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. +Ilka buik costs £12.99 includin postage. Owerseas orders £5 postage. +Includit is a walin o the best Scots poesie and prose fae 50 year +and a hunner nummers o Lallans. + diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx deleted file mode 100644 index 201642c..0000000 --- a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,173 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Eiks an Ens 30 -summary: >- - Includit i this issue o Eiks an Ens is details o oor neist Collogue in Perth an - o oor anthologies, that is haein fell positive reviews an weel wurth the siller. ---- -import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; -import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; - -## Annual Collogue - -The Annual Collogue o the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Setturday, June -3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. -This year’s theme will be _The Art o Flyting in Scottish Leiterature_. - -### Events schedule - - - -The cost o attendin the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on -lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Elaine Morton on -failte@go-plus.net. - - -## Sangschaw 2023 Winners - -### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose - -#### Winner - -_Aince_ bi Jamie Purves - -#### Rinner-up - -_Haymarket Wumman_ bi Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ bi Anne Jones - -_Benny_ bi Andrew G. Matthews - -_Kafka_ bi Pete Fortune - -### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin - -#### Winner - -_A Sang tae the Heir_ bi Derrick McClure - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The King o the Bees_ bi Dorothy Lawrenson - -_Salome_ bi Jerry Randalls - -#### Ruisit - -_Mylkwiffe_ bi Donald Adamson - -_Weddin Blessin_ bi Gordon Davidson - -_A Dug wi Nae Maister_ bi Tom Ellett - -_Seeven Auld Fodies_ bi WS Milne - -_The Tale o Thorstein Grue_ bi Colin Mackenzie - -_The Yirdin o Sorley MacLean_ bi Derrick McClure - -_Propertius_ bi John Erskine - -### The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie - -#### Winner - -_Roond Stane_ bi Finola Scott - -#### Jynt Rinner-up - -_The Black Loch_ bi Robert Duncan - -_Aliens_ bi James Sinclair - -#### Ruisit - -_Chale Shaw_ bi Joe Carstairs - -_John MacLean’s Coat_ bi Robert Duncan - -_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ bi David Bleiman - -_Bauk in the USSR_ bi Alastair McLeish - -_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ bi Alan Millar - -_The Ootgaun_ bi Hamish Scott - -_Mindin Joe_ bi Jock Stein - -_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ bi Donald Adamson - -_A New Sang_ bi David Bleiman - -_Ahint the Haund_ bi Kevin Connelly - -_The Marriage Lair_ bi Irene Howat - -_Leid in ma Heid_ bi Alan Millar - -## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 - -Our ain Lord Braxfield, Jeidge o the Sangschaw, will deleiver his summation -o this year’s fairins in Lallans 102. The wird on the pavey is that the -crabbit auld scunner wass fair taen up wi whit was puit afore him. Sae caw -awaa Scots screivers - it deaves him sairly tae see the leid being yokit -tae sic guid effeck! It’s no ower airly tae get makkin your maisterpiece -for neist year. The winner o the poesie is prentit ablaw but the editor -will ettle tae include as monie entries as possible in the furthcoming Lallans -102/103. Forby, the simmer nummer will hae a byous kythin and spreid o Scots -screivin including an interview wi Scots Radio broadcaster Frieda Morrison, -Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson and sang, the final instalment -o Sam Burns Deacon Brodie play and a wheen o thochtie poesie, tales, reviews -and wittins anent aa the ither ploys gaun on in the aye raxin warld o Scots Leid. - -## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ bi Finola Scott - -_Winner o the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie fur Poesie, Sangschaw 2023_ - -Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
-An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
-He wis the first. In he struts
-Aw Cock o the walk,
-King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
- -Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
-Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
-He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
-Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
-A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
- -I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
-thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
-when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
-fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
-an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
- -## Anthologies - -The Scots Leid Associe is a registered charity rin bi volunteers. Bi bein a -memmer o the Associe ye are aaready giein the Scots leid a heize. Ye can help -us faurther gin ye coff ane or baith o our braw 50th anniversairy anthologies: -contack our memmership secretar George T Watt at -lallans@hotmail.co.uk -or Willie Hershaw at -w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. -Ilka buik costs £12.99 includin postage. Owerseas orders £5 postage. -Includit is a walin o the best Scots poesie and prose fae 50 year -and a hunner nummers o Lallans. - diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8aa6604 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-31.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 31 +summary: >- + The 2024 Sangschaw is open for submeissions! Forby, lairn about a new lug-in + guide at Lithgae Pailace and an upcomin album release bi our ain Wullie + Hershaw. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; + +## Sangschaw open for submeissions! + +Our annual scrievin competeition, the _Sangschaw_, is open for submeissions! +As ey, we will provide feedback for ilka entry nae maiter whither ye win a +tassie or no. There’s no mony competeitions provide feedback on entries, but +we think it’s important tae help writers develop. We hae three tassies: + +- The **Robert McLellan Tassie for Scots Prose**: up til 3000 wirds o oreiginal + Scots prose. +- The **John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin**: up til 3000 wirds o + oreiginal owersettin intil Scots frae anither leid. Provide alang wi a copy o + the oreiginal text. +- The **Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie**: up til 60 lines o oreiginal Scots + poesie. + +New writers and auld haunds ar aa walcome, sae dinnae be blate! We luik forrit +tae haein your entries! + +Ye can enter for £5 for ae categorie, £10 for twa or £12 for aw three. Send +entries til failte@go-plus.net +alang wi pruif o peyment or wi a cheque or cash til: + +
+ Sangschaw + 6 Dryden Place + Edinburgh + EH9 1RP +
+ +Address ony cheque til the Scots Language Society. Ye can pey bi bank transfer +til the follaein account: + +
+
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Scots Language Society
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+ +## Upcomin album release: _Leid_ + +Our ain Wullie Hershaw will shuin be releasin a new album o contemporar Scots +sangs titled _Leid_. It will be comin early in the new year, sae haud tuned in! + +For tae whet your appetite, you can watch +Frieda Morrison’s braw video about a recent ventur o Wullie’s, +whan he released the buik, _The Sair Road_, alang wi illustrations frae Les +McConnell and an exhibeition in the Lochgelly Centre about the famous +miner-playwreicht, Joe Corrie. Ye can forby pree the muisical wark o his group, +the Bowhill Players on +Bandcamp. + +## New lug-in guide at Lithgae Pailace + +This winter, the guid fowks at Historic Environment Scotland hae owerset their +lug-in guides for veisitors intil Scots for the first time. The aim is tae +promuive the status o the Scots leid as weill as tae gie veisitors the +opportunitie tae hear the vyces o the court in somethin like their ain leid. + +Ye can read mair +about the new lug-in guides on the Historic Environment Scotland wabsteid. + +As faur as we ken, this is first sic ventur, no juist bi Historic Environment +Scotland, but frae ony major tourist attraction. Can onybody mind o ocht +similar? Answers on a postcaird pleise! + +## No received Lallans 103 yet? + +It haes cam tae the notice o George, our membership secretar, that thare haes +been a mishanter wi the postin o _Lallans_ 103. Twa memmers, baith subscribers +awed _Lallans_ 103, didnae receive thair copies. + +Gin ye haenae yet received yer copy o _Lallans_ 103, that he postit out on +Wadnesday 7th o November, pleise email George at + georgetwatt@hotmail.com an +mak us ken o it. A copy o _Lallans_ 103 will be postit out tae ye straucht awa! + +## New format for Eiks an Ens + +Auld freinds will mind that _Eiks an Ens_ haes formerlie been a leiterar magazine +tae accompanie _Lallans_. We on the Comatee felt that this didnae gie Eiks an +Ens the distinct purpose that it deserved, and it didnae tak fu advauntage o +the opportunitie _Eiks_ affuirdit tae jeel our communitie thegether. + +Sae this is the first issue o _Eiks_ tae tak a new format, whaur we’ll be +ettlin tae skair current affairs i the warld o Scots leid and leitratur, +especially whaur it effeirs directly til our membership. + +Sae send us in your inside information! Gin ye’ve spottit somethin you think +we shuid skair in the neist _Eiks_, send it til lallans@hotmail.co.uk. diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-an-ens-31.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-an-ens-31.mdx deleted file mode 100644 index 8aa6604..0000000 --- a/src/content/news/sco/2023-12-10-eiks-an-ens-31.mdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,103 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Eiks an Ens 31 -summary: >- - The 2024 Sangschaw is open for submeissions! Forby, lairn about a new lug-in - guide at Lithgae Pailace and an upcomin album release bi our ain Wullie - Hershaw. ---- -import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; - -## Sangschaw open for submeissions! - -Our annual scrievin competeition, the _Sangschaw_, is open for submeissions! -As ey, we will provide feedback for ilka entry nae maiter whither ye win a -tassie or no. There’s no mony competeitions provide feedback on entries, but -we think it’s important tae help writers develop. We hae three tassies: - -- The **Robert McLellan Tassie for Scots Prose**: up til 3000 wirds o oreiginal - Scots prose. -- The **John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin**: up til 3000 wirds o - oreiginal owersettin intil Scots frae anither leid. Provide alang wi a copy o - the oreiginal text. -- The **Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie**: up til 60 lines o oreiginal Scots - poesie. - -New writers and auld haunds ar aa walcome, sae dinnae be blate! We luik forrit -tae haein your entries! - -Ye can enter for £5 for ae categorie, £10 for twa or £12 for aw three. Send -entries til failte@go-plus.net -alang wi pruif o peyment or wi a cheque or cash til: - -
- Sangschaw - 6 Dryden Place - Edinburgh - EH9 1RP -
- -Address ony cheque til the Scots Language Society. Ye can pey bi bank transfer -til the follaein account: - -
-
Account nem
-
Scots Language Society
- -
Account number
-
00153458
- -
Sort code
-
83 47 00
-
- -## Upcomin album release: _Leid_ - -Our ain Wullie Hershaw will shuin be releasin a new album o contemporar Scots -sangs titled _Leid_. It will be comin early in the new year, sae haud tuned in! - -For tae whet your appetite, you can watch -Frieda Morrison’s braw video about a recent ventur o Wullie’s, -whan he released the buik, _The Sair Road_, alang wi illustrations frae Les -McConnell and an exhibeition in the Lochgelly Centre about the famous -miner-playwreicht, Joe Corrie. Ye can forby pree the muisical wark o his group, -the Bowhill Players on -Bandcamp. - -## New lug-in guide at Lithgae Pailace - -This winter, the guid fowks at Historic Environment Scotland hae owerset their -lug-in guides for veisitors intil Scots for the first time. The aim is tae -promuive the status o the Scots leid as weill as tae gie veisitors the -opportunitie tae hear the vyces o the court in somethin like their ain leid. - -Ye can read mair -about the new lug-in guides on the Historic Environment Scotland wabsteid. - -As faur as we ken, this is first sic ventur, no juist bi Historic Environment -Scotland, but frae ony major tourist attraction. Can onybody mind o ocht -similar? Answers on a postcaird pleise! - -## No received Lallans 103 yet? - -It haes cam tae the notice o George, our membership secretar, that thare haes -been a mishanter wi the postin o _Lallans_ 103. Twa memmers, baith subscribers -awed _Lallans_ 103, didnae receive thair copies. - -Gin ye haenae yet received yer copy o _Lallans_ 103, that he postit out on -Wadnesday 7th o November, pleise email George at - georgetwatt@hotmail.com an -mak us ken o it. A copy o _Lallans_ 103 will be postit out tae ye straucht awa! - -## New format for Eiks an Ens - -Auld freinds will mind that _Eiks an Ens_ haes formerlie been a leiterar magazine -tae accompanie _Lallans_. We on the Comatee felt that this didnae gie Eiks an -Ens the distinct purpose that it deserved, and it didnae tak fu advauntage o -the opportunitie _Eiks_ affuirdit tae jeel our communitie thegether. - -Sae this is the first issue o _Eiks_ tae tak a new format, whaur we’ll be -ettlin tae skair current affairs i the warld o Scots leid and leitratur, -especially whaur it effeirs directly til our membership. - -Sae send us in your inside information! Gin ye’ve spottit somethin you think -we shuid skair in the neist _Eiks_, send it til lallans@hotmail.co.uk. -- cgit v1.2.3