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Hands Up for Trad cannae wait tae welcome ye tae the 2021 Scots Leid Awards. The thocht ahint the awards is tae heighlicht oor braw Scots Leid, bringin it forrit intae the een o the public an media in aa its mony forms.<\/p>\nHands Up for Trad cannae wait tae welcome ye tae the 2021 Scots Leid Awards. The thocht ahint the awards is tae heighlicht oor braw Scots Leid, bringin it forrit intae the een o the public an media in aa its mony forms.<\/p>\n
VOTE HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Scots Leid Awards ceremony itsel wi aa the winners wull be on the nicht o 25th September. The Awards are spreid ower ten categories an alangside o the \u2018lifetime achievement award\u2019 gie richtfu recognition tae the mony dedicatit fowk wha ower years lang syne an intae oor ain time gie thir aa tae makin shair the guid Scots leid is keepit tae the fore in its cultur, music an wirds. <\/p>\n Writer & Broadcaster Alistair Heather and social media star and poet Len Pennie will host the inspiring evening, which will also be streamed to international audiences, presenting 12 Awards, including the Janet Paisley Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Creative Scotland, which this year goes to J. Derrick McClure. A new award called The Scots Champion Award will be presented to John Hodgart, and performers will include Ellie Beaton, Anna Stewart, Cameron Nixon and Gemma Johnson.<\/p>\n Before we get to this please vote for your favourite nominees here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scots Writer o the Year sponsored by National Library of Scotland<\/a><\/strong> Scots Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Book Trust<\/a><\/strong> Media Person o the Year sponsored by Dictionaries of the Scots Language<\/a><\/strong> Scots Bairns Book o the Year sponsored by Scottish Government<\/a><\/strong> Scots Speaker o the Year Scots Language Centre<\/a><\/strong> Scots Teacher o the Year sponsored by Scottish Qualifications <\/a><\/strong>Authority (SQA)<\/b> Scots Schuil o the Year sponsored by Itchy Coo<\/a> \/ Black & White Publishing<\/a><\/strong> Scots Business o the Year sponsored by Scots Language Society<\/a><\/strong> Scots Performer o the Year sponsored by Tracs<\/a><\/strong> Scots Project o the Year sponsored by Scots Hoose<\/a><\/strong> Hands Up for Trad cannae wait tae welcome ye tae the 2021 Scots Leid Awards. The thocht ahint the awards is tae heighlicht oor braw Scots Leid, bringin it forrit intae the een o the public an media in aa its mony forms. 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\nAlan Bissett<\/a>
\nAnna Stewart<\/a>
\nColin Burnett<\/a>
\nVictoria McNulty<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDuck Feet<\/a> by Ely Percy (Monstrous Regiment)
\nJidi Majia<\/a> – Mither Tongue (Vagabond Voices)
\nTha Jaa Banes<\/a> by Stephen Dornan (Ulster Scots Academy Press
\nThe Young Team by Graeme Armstrong (Picador)<\/p>\n
\nAlistair Heather<\/a>
\nLen Pennie<\/a>
\nLittlest Chicken<\/a>
\nMark Thompson
\nYer Awrite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNeeps and Tatties, by Carey Morning<\/a>
\nThe Glasgow Gruffalo’s Wean, by Elaine C. Smith<\/a>
\nThe Itchy Coo Book o Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Scots<\/a>
\nThe Laddie, the Mowdie, the Tod and the Cuddie, by Matthew Fitt<\/a>
\nThe Nicht Afore Christmas, by Irene McFarlane<\/a>
\nThe Treisure o Rachlan the Reid, by Susan Rennie<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAllan “Fermer” Innes
\nAndy McLaren (James English Podcast)
\nIona Fyfe<\/a>
\nJackie Ross<\/a>
\nPaul Black<\/p>\n
\nBecky Halliburton, St John\u2019s RC Academy<\/a>
\nColin Mackenzie, Troqueer Primary School<\/a>
\nIrene Shearer, Clepington primary school<\/a>
\nJane Hall, Stonehouse Primary<\/a>
\nJeremy Murray, Touch Primary<\/a>
\nKerry Fraser, Perth High School<\/a>
\nRosie Bircham, Mearns Academy<\/a>
\nSimon McMahon, St Andrew\u2019s Primary<\/p>\n
\nDunfermline High School
\nPentland Primary, Edinburgh
\nTroqueer Primary School, Dumfries<\/a>
\nWestray Junior Secondary School, Orkney<\/p>\n
\nLidl
\nNorth East Ballad School
\nQuirky Coo (Dundee)
\nScotts Porridge Oats
\nThe Very Dab, Scottish Water<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAffa fine – Bothy Bass
\nErin Boyle
\nHamish MacDonald<\/a>
\nLen Pennie<\/a>
\nLewie Watson<\/a>
\nNicola Black<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIona Fyfe\u2019s Spotify Campaign<\/a>
\nIt\u2019s Coming (to Our) Home – Scottish Poetry Library
\nOor Wee Podcast by Susi Briggs and Alan McLure<\/a>
\nScots Firefox (rubric.com)<\/a>
\nScots Dictionary for Schools app<\/a>
\nShetland Forwirds<\/a>
\nThe Scots Learning Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"