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title: Sangschaw winners 2026
summary: Annooncin the winners o the 2026 Sangschaw!
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We’re delitit tae annoonce the winners o the 2026 Sangschaw competeition! Aw the winnin entries, and
some o the rinners-up, will be furthset i furthcomin edeitions o _Lallans_.

## The Hugh MacDiarmaid Tassie for Poesie

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

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

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

## Robert McLellan Tassie for Cutty Tales

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

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

## John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin

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

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

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