Oh what a night, what a night it really was! It was a night that would have made Mairead so happy with so many excellent stories from fourteen of the eighteen members present, including Mary on her first visit.
Eighteen represented the biggest attendance for many years. The fact that we introduced the 750 word limit also helped ease the strain of reading by committee members Cathy and Beryl. In fact, as Beryl said, the reduced limit meant that every word became important and superfluous words and phrases were edited out. Yet another suttle way of helping our writers improve!
Could you believe the climax to the meeting? It's never been done before and is unlikely to happen again as four, yes four members tied for first place. Initially we would have had an additional vote to help provide an outright winner but the concensus of opinion was the most satisfactory one of all. The crystal ball would be shared, each of the four joint winners holding the trophy for a three month period.
The winners, in alphabetical order were:
Carole with "A 21st Century Witches Lament"
Georgina with "Eternal Bliss"
Jane B with "Putting the Frighteners On"
Tony with "Three Days"
An amazing result for an amazing competition in memory of our much lamented Mairead.
Other news: There will be a meeting at Barclays on Friday this week to try and arrange a transfer of funds from our existing, and extremely disappointing bank. Fingers crossed everyone!
I am afraid that Scott at Mr. Cobbler is unable to provide any mugs as the cost of ink supplies is prohibitive and the general order for mugs is extremely low.
The Writeathon is moving closer to its final words. Our good friend Morag has just produced the latest instalment and now it is being forwarded to Steven for his contribution.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 19th November when we hold our Annual General Meeting. (This means no homework folks!). An agenda will be forwarded round in the next few days and it is requested that you print a copy out for the meeting. The AGM gives you all, and that includes our newer members, the opportunity to tell us how you would like the Scribblers to develope, or should the meetings be structured differently? Perhaps we could work on a project together in the coming months.
If the AGM goes according to plan and is not too onerous (lol) then there may be the opportunity for a short flash ficition session afterwards. Remember the door will be locked at 7.30pm when the meeting is due to begin.
Remember... Keep Scribbling!!!
