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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.
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## Annual Collogue

The Annual Collogue o the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Setturday, June
3<sup>rd</sup> 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

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    { time: '10.00 am', description: 'Registration and coffee.' },
    { time: '10.30 am', description: 'Derrick McClure: Whit is Flyting?' },
    { time: '11.15 am', description: 'George T Watt: The Flytin Hugh MacDiarmaid' },
    { time: '12 noon ', description: 'Sangschaw 2023: prizes and readings.' },
    { time: '12.45 pm', description: 'Lunch break.' },
    { time: ' 2.00 pm', description: 'AGM o the Scots Leid Associe.' },
    { time: ' 2.30 pm', description: 'Fred Freeman: Hamish Henderson’s Flyting o Life and Daith.' },
    { time: ' 3.15 pm', description: 'Len Pennie: Contemporary Scots Leiterature.' },
    { time: ' 4.00 pm', description: 'General discussion.' },
    { time: ' 4.30 pm', description: 'Close o Collogue.' },
  ]}
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The cost o attendin the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on
<Link href="mailto:lallans@hotmail.co.uk">lallans@hotmail.co.uk</Link>
or Elaine Morton on
<Link href="mailto:failte@go-plus.net">failte@go-plus.net</Link>.


## 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<br />
An muckle boastin. Yi’d think<br />
He wis the first. In he struts<br />
Aw Cock o the walk,<br />
King o Faithers, comb throbbin.<br />

Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel<br />
Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.<br />
He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.<br />
Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist<br />
A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.<br />

I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht<br />
thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet<br />
when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy<br />
fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease<br />
an bless the birthin. Whit a man.<br />

## 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
<Link href="mailto:lallans@hotmail.co.uk">lallans@hotmail.co.uk</Link>
or Willie Hershaw at
<Link href="mailto:w.hershaw678@btinternet.com">w.hershaw678@btinternet.com</Link>.
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.