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title: Sangschaw winners 2026
summary: Announcing the winners of the 2026 Sangschaw!
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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

<dl>
<dt>1st Prize</dt>
<dd>_Dinna Dicht Yer Ain Lair-Stane!_ by David Bleiman</dd>

<dt>2nd Prize</dt>
<dd>_Metamorphosis_ by Alastair McLeish</dd>

<dt>Commended</dt>
<dd>_The Boy Cried “Gutties”_ by Bill Logan</dd>
<dd>_Ahint, Ayont_ by Donald Adamson</dd>
<dd>_Eh? Aye? (Untitled)_ by Neil Rhind</dd>
<dd>_Maunagement Evaingelism_ by Alastair McLeish</dd>
<dd>_A Gowdspink_ by Shane Strachan</dd>
<dd>_Gin Shakespeare Wir Scottish_ by George Watt</dd>
<dd>_Brakkin Breid_ by Shane Strachan</dd>
<dd>_Mairket Economy_ by Andrew Urquhart</dd>
<dd>_Wifie o Troy_ by Andrew Urquhart</dd>
<dd>_The Causie-Redder’s Channer_ by Jock Steen</dd>
</dl>

## Robert McLellan Tassie for Short Stories

<dl>
<dt>1st Prize</dt>
<dd>_Foostie_ by Andrew Urquhart</dd>

<dt>2nd Prize</dt>
<dd>_The Roaring o the Sea_ by Shane Strachan</dd>
</dl>

## John MacPhail Law Tassie for Translation

<dl>
<dt>1st Prize</dt>
<dd>_Thochts o a Prisoner o War in Poland_ by Derrick McClure</dd>

<dt>2nd Prize</dt>
<dd>_A Laundskep Flooers inby Me_ by Donald Adamson</dd>

<dt>Commended</dt>
<dd>_Excerpts frae ‘Diary of a Man in Despair’_ by Andy Matthews</dd>
</dl>