The meeting takes place in the Room at the Top, Felixstowe Library, on Tuesday 19th January at 7.30pm for the coveted Bill Budner Trophy.
This is the special anonymous competition on any subject for the Bill Budner Trophy. It is for attending writers only and the guidelines are produced below.: -
Short stories or poetry up to a maximum of 1,000 words on any topic.
Work must be typed (on single sides of paper).
Entries must be completed before arrival at the meeting.
Work must be anonymous - so no names or identification marks on the paper.
All work will be placed, face down, on a table, and each writer, at a given time, will collect one entry and have a short time to familiarize themselves with it.
The stories will then be read out to the group with everyone present marking them and selecting their top three entries.
At the end of the evening all the marks will be entered anonymously into a box and then counted by designated members of the group.
The winner will be announced and The Bill Budner Trophy presented to them by the previous winner.
The trophy will be engraved by Scott at Mr Cobbler in Felixstowe.
The trophy will be held for four months(or as decided) until the next competition
The holder undertakes to return the trophy to Felixstowe Scribblers and advise any change of address.
