Scots Language Awards

Celebrating Scots Language

Scots Language Awards 2023: Animal Fairm

Weel duin tae Animal Fairm wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Book o the Year in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https://handsup.link/SLA-BuyTickets. We askit Thomas Clark o Animal Fairm […]

Scots Language Awards 2023: Gordon M Hay

Weel duin tae Gordon M Hay wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Book o the Year in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https://handsup.link/SLA-BuyTickets. We askit Gordon M Hay o […]

Scots Language Awards 2023: Shane Strachan

Weel duin tae Shane Strachan wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Media Person o the Year in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https://handsup.link/SLA-BuyTickets. We askit Shane Strachan o Shane […]

Nominees announced for Scots Language Awards 2023

The nominees have been announced for the Scots Language Awards 2023, with over 60 nominees in the running across 12 categories at the annual awards ceremony, which will showcase the very best of Scots language and culture. The awards, which were first started in 2019, celebrate the importance of Scots language within arts and culture but […]

Scots Language Awards 2023: Ailsa Dixon

Weel duin tae Ailsa Dixon wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Performer o the Year sponsored by Tracs in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https://handsup.link/SLA-BuyTickets. We askit Ailsa Dixon […]

Nominations open for Scots Leid Awards 2023

Nominations for the 2023 Scots Leid Awards open the day, giein aabody a chance tae pit forrit the names o their ain particlar Scots leid heroes. The awards ceremony will tak place at Johnstone Toon Ha, Johnstone, Renfrewshire on Seturday 16th September in pairtnership wi Paisley Is, showcasin the verra  best o Scots leid an […]

Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2023

Scottish Book Trust’s Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2023 is noo open. Send your stories by Wednesday 21 June 2023, midday. Are you someone with stories to share? Or a teacher working with young writers we should know about? We’re looking for our next Scots writer of the year. Stories, poems, spoken word […]

Scots Language Consultation

The Scots Government haes made a wheen strang an forret luikin commitments tae Gaelic an Scots. Your thochts are invitit an walcome on thae commitments in this consultation exercise. The thochts thit we get back wull feed intae the decisions thit are taen on thir commitments. Hit haes been a hantle years fae legislation wis […]

Teachers, families, musicians and poets gathered to celebrate the Scots Language Awards 2022 at Dundee’s Gardyne Theatre. Read the results!

The glittering Tayside evening saw live music and performances from Beth Malcom, Robyn Stapleton, Hamish MacDonald, and Bruce Fummey entertain the crowds, and a whole host of Scots Language champions taking home the prestigious Awards including zero waste sustainable retailer Re:Store, TikTok’s Doric Dad, and writer Liz Lochhead, all recognised after several thousands of public […]