Dunragit Poet Sam Gilliland wins MacDiarmid Tassie

Writer in the Storm is delighted to congratulate Sam Gilliland on his success in winning the much-coveted MacDiarmid Tassie for his poem Withoutin Weir, which won the Scots Language Society's highly prestigious Sangshaw Literary event.

Dr George Philp, the originator of the award, hailed Sam as a highly practiced exponent of the MacDiarmid school and an outstanding example of the Scottish literary movement.

Sam Gilliland lives in Dunragit, Stranraer, and has a collection of Scots poetry 'A Rickle O Banes', published by Penny Wheep Press due to appear in December. Look out for it!