Felixstowe Scribblers 2021: Report of our last meeting

Thursday 21 January 2010

Report of our last meeting

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REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD 19th JANUARY 2010

Apologies: Ruth, Debbie, Trish, Sue, Rosie, Barry and Simon.

Present: Dick, Peter, Tony, Liz, Linda, Sandy, Cathy, Sarah, Ros, Angela, Amanda, Shaun, Ally, Jane and Dave (chair)

Welcome to Sarah who came along for her first meeting.

SCRIBBLERS NEWS

The evening was devoted to the anonymous competition for the Bill Budner Trophy. A really good turnout for the meeting with some excellent and high standard work produced. It was unfortunate that three writers were unable to participate in the competition itself.

Tony is appearing in Springfield Follies pantomime production of Babes in the Wood at the Kesgrave Community Centre on Saturday 30th January, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th February. Details of times and prices are posted on our weblog at http://scribblers2010.blogspot.com
A long established amateur dramatic group, the Springfield Follies support local charities.

Also on the weblog are details of the Bristol Short Story Prize that has a £500 first prize, £350 second prize and a £200 third prize. Worth looking at!

The Platform:

Jane read Song of the Day written by Tony.
Ally read Mrs Matilda Debenham written by Ros.
Amanda read There’s a Way written by Dick.
Angela read Sarah’s Revelation written by Amanda.
Ros read Seeking Pamela written by Dave.
Sandy read Bubbles in the Air written by Angela.
Linda read Winning Dog written by Peter.
Liliane read A Mark of Independence written by Jane.
Tony read Through the Eyes of a Child written by Sandy.
Peter read Just a Kiss written by Ally.
Dick read The Real Princess written by Liliane.
Dave read Past Love written by Linda.

The result, producing the ninth different winner in nine stagings of the competition was as follows:

1st place Bubbles in the Air by Angela.
2nd place A Mark of Independence by Jane.
=3rd place Through the Eyes of a Child by Sandy.
=3rd place The Real Princess by Liliane.

Congratulations to Angela on her victory and well done to everyone else for helping to make this another phenomenal success.

It is a mark of the high standard of writing amongst our Scribblers that a different member has won the trophy on nine separate occasions

A picture recording the presentation of the trophy is on our weblog at http://scribblers2010.blogspot.com

Next time:

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 2nd February at 7.30 pm in the Room at the Top, Felixstowe Library with a 500 word assignment on “Snow and Ice”, a subject that has affected us all in recent weeks.

The 1,500 Open themed work will be undertaken by Angela and Ros.

Until then,

Keep Scribbling!

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REPOSITORY

The Jack Wilkinson Competition for stories about children for an adult reader, is open for entries until 1st June. Stories should be emailed in the usual way to Georgina, making clear that it is a competition entry. Your entries can be in any genre of writing and should be no more than a maximum of 1,500words. Once all entries have been received, they will all be posted on the Repository. Members will have a week to read and choose their favourite three stories. Please do not vote for your own story. Your top three choices should be emailed to Georgina stating 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the corresponding story titles. Please don’t make any comments below the stories until the outcome has been announced. All stories will be published anonymously, with only a story title and a corresponding letter of the alphabet. Once all votes are in (and scores have been double checked) the winning entries will be announced. As we are unable to present the trophy due to the existing situation, an e-certificate will be awarded to the winner. The more entries, the better, so get those scribbling sticks out! Please email all contributions to Georgina Dave

CORONAVIRUS

Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, Felixstowe Scribblers have sadly cancelled all future meetings until such time as Government advice and restrictions are lifted.

This means a great upheaval to many of our writers, but we will do our best to keep you updated both on this weblog and by email.

We intend to maintain our writing with 500-750 word assignments that may be posted on here for a short period of time whilst our WhatsApp group will have regular 100-200 word exercises to help keep our creative minds working.

Further information will be released as soon as possible.

30 March 2020

Gipping Press

Felixstowe Scribblers chose Gipping Press to publish their 2014, 2017 and 2019 anthologies. Our reasoning was based on their enthusiastic help, great track record and, more than anything else, the quality and high standard of their work. Our anthologies are testament to their expertise.

We anticipate another anthology in 2021 and will be seeking the help once again, of Gipping Press.

We can honestly recommend Gipping Press to anyone seeking advice in publication and for their very competitive prices.

Thank you Gipping Press.

http://www.gippingpress.co.uk/GPselfpublshing.html

Where we meet

Felixstowe Scribblers meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month in The Room at the Top in Felixstowe Library, Crescent Road. Meetings start at 7.30pm and end at 10.00pm.

Details of the library are on their website at https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/libraries/felixstowe-library/.

Felixstowe Scribblers are indebted to the Library and its helpful staff for all their valuable assistance.

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, our annual membership fees have been reduced from £30 to £15 for the coming year until November 2021.

Meetings, when they are able to be organised again will allow people preferring to pay at each meeting a charge of £5.

Our writing programmes are available via our two avenues, The Repository and our WhatsApp group.

Membership is open to both published and hobby writers and whilst there are no age limits it is wise to be aware that there may be adult content included in some work.

For more information about Felixstowe Scribblers simply email our Secretary catherine.stafford1@ntlworld.com or our Chairman, Dave, at scribblers.1@btinternet.com.

Committee Members:

Hon President: Ruth Dugdall.

Chairman: Dave Feakes.

Secretary: Cathy Stafford.

Treasurer: Beryl Sabel.

Scribblers Repository Editor: Georgina Salmon.

Weblog Co-ordinator: to be arranged.

Anthology sub committee:

Beryl Sabel,

Georgina Salmon,

Dave Feakes.

WhatsApp administrator:

Justin Keogh

In Memory

Martin Enticknap One time member of the Scribblers who stayed in touch from his home on Sanday in the Orklands. 2003.

Nobby Clarke A keen sailor, he relayed many amusing tales from his past life. Died tragically in a road traffic accident in 2004.

Bill Budner A lay preacher who joined the Scribblers and provided so many prolific words in his short stories. 2006.

Jack Wilkinson Our youngest member for four years, he provided so much laughter and talented creativity before losing his life to cancer at the tender age of twelve. 2006.

Allen Williams Our Welsh wizard had a wonderful wit that kept the group in fits of laughter. 2007.

John Crowson At 97, our most senior member. He passed just a week before he was published for the very first time in the 2010 Felixstowe Scribblers Anthology. 2009.

Doreen Rayner Published and very knowledgeable Felixstowe historian and former member of the Scribblers. 2012

Les Smith Such a welcoming and endearing character, his laughter, matched with his personality and his humorous writing leaves the Scribblers much poorer for his loss. 2015

Mairead Reidy Such a warm hearted and generous person who was both extremely talented and knowledgeable. Liked and loved by all. Another very sad loss to our creative group. 2018

Dick Bradshaw A warm and friendly long term member. A wonderful and published writer with a wealth of knowledge and so many humorous tales. A very sad loss of a good friend. 2018

It is fitting that we also remember Liam Fairhurst of Soham who died of cancer in 2009. He raised enormous sums of money for charity all beginning in memory of his friend and ours, Jack Wilkinson.

Maurice James, the creator of the Coast to Coast competitions and a great friend to the Scribblers. 2010