[{"content":"A\u0026rsquo;ve jist sent back the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie - at me an Donald Adamson jyntly won in last year\u0026rsquo;s Sangschaw - for it tae be engraved wi the name o the 2026 winner, David Bleiman. As A\u0026rsquo;ve no been able tae fin a leet o winners online, A took a note o the names on the tassie afore A happed it up an teuk it tae the Post Office.\nThe tassie\u0026rsquo;s been gien oot 36 times atween 1986 and 2025, wi nae award in 1999, 2004, 2006 an 2014. There\u0026rsquo;s been 29 unique winners in that time, assumin David Purdie (1997) an David C Purdie (2005) are the same bodie - 30 if they\u0026rsquo;re no. Fower fowk hae won the prize mair than yince: Douglas Kynloch five times; Sheena Blackhall fower times; an Elaine Morton an David (C) Purdie twice. David Bleiman noo jynes that nummer. 2025 wis the ainly time twa fowk hae been gien the tassie.\nDate Name 1986 W. A. Armstrong 1987 K. A. Armstrong 1988 William S Milne 1989 E. M. Buchanan 1990 Sheena Blackhall 1991 Jean Massie 1992 Lydia Robb 1993 George Philip 1994 William McCoubrey 1995 Tom Wilson 1996 Christian S. Tait 1997 David Purdie 1998 Elaine Morton 1999 nae award 2000 Sheena Blackhall 2001 Sheena Blackhall 2002 Elaine Morton 2003 Alistair McDonald 2004 nae award 2005 David C Purdie 2006 nae award 2007 David Purves 2008 Peter Cameron 2009 Sam Gilliland 2010 Sheena Blackhall 2011 Charles P. Connor 2012 Frances Robson 2013 Douglas Kynoch 2014 nae award 2015 Douglas Kynoch 2016 Douglas Kynoch 2017 Douglas Kynoch 2018 Douglas Kynoch 2019 Irene Howat 2020 David Bleiman 2021 Alan Miller 2022 Jamie Purves 2023 Finola Scott 2024 Craig Aitchison 2025 Colin Mackenzie; Donald Adamson It\u0026rsquo;d be guid tae hae a leet o the poems as weel but that\u0026rsquo;s for anither day.\n","permalink":"https://blog.cmackenzie.net/posts/hugh-macdiarmid-tassie/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eA\u0026rsquo;ve jist sent back the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie - at me an Donald Adamson jyntly won in last year\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eSangschaw\u003c/em\u003e - for it tae be engraved wi the name o the 2026 winner, David Bleiman. As A\u0026rsquo;ve no been able tae fin a leet o winners online, A took a note o the names on the tassie afore A happed it up an teuk it tae the Post Office.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tassie\u0026rsquo;s been gien oot 36 times atween 1986 and 2025, wi nae award in 1999, 2004, 2006 an 2014. There\u0026rsquo;s been 29 unique winners in that time, assumin David Purdie (1997) an David C Purdie (2005) are the same bodie - 30 if they\u0026rsquo;re no. Fower fowk hae won the prize mair than yince: Douglas Kynloch five times; Sheena Blackhall fower times; an Elaine Morton an David (C) Purdie twice. David Bleiman noo jynes that nummer. 2025 wis the ainly time twa fowk hae been gien the tassie.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie Winners 1986-2025"}]