The Bill Budner Trophy, held every four months, has been staged on eleven occasions and last night we found our new trophy winner, Liliane Sivaraj.
Congratulations to Liliane with for her well deserved win with her excellent story, "The Plane."
Amazingly Liliane became the tenth different winner of the trophy and she is depicted above receiving the silverware from the previous holder Tony Shearman who, ironically, is the only writer to have won the trophy twice!
With each 1,000 word story submitted anonymously, then randomly selected by other writers, everyone has a few minutes to familiarise themselves with the story before being asked to read it out. Each participating Felixstowe Scribbler then chooses their top three stories in order before the scores are counted up and the trophy presented.
This format has worked so successfully and produced so many enthralling and exciting stories that it is the testament to the abilities of our members that so many have their names engraved on the Trophy. It is a fitting tribute to the memory of dear friend Bill that so many winners have shared the spotlight. What is also very gratifying is that all winners have been a mixture of both published and hobby writers. Believe it or not we still have some amazing writers who have yet to take this coveted prize.
Well done Liliane, and thank you to all participants for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
