Present: Dave, Barry, Liliane, Dick, Beryl, Richard, Cathy.
Apologies: Caz, Jeanette, Mairead, Jane, Hayley.
Business:
Our sympathies were extended to Mairead, who has suffered a bereavement, and didn’t feel able to come along.
We were all pleased that Barry was able to join us. It is his college half-term, so he had the evening free. We’ve missed him, and it was great to have him back, if only for one meeting.
Felixstowe Book Festival
Dave has been contacted by Ed Broom, who took part in the Scribblers Flash Fiction event at last year’s festival. Ed has offered to help with the Flash Fiction event this year if we would like him to – this met with approval from all present.
Cathy mentioned that Jeanette’s crime thriller, Exclusion Zone, is now available on Amazon.
Jack Wilkinson Trophy Competition
Although numbers for the meeting were low, we still had six entries for Beryl and Dick to read out, which they did admirably, as usual. We heard tales about everything from dinosaurs to child abduction – what imaginations we must all have!
The voting was very close, but eventually Dave was able to announce that Dick was the winner with his dragon tale named ‘A heating problem’. Dick was amazed to come in at first place, but the story was delightful, and his win was well deserved.
Cathy took second place with ‘A family revelation’, with Richard in third with his poem ‘Hugh at the Zoo’.
The three remaining stories, all thoroughly enjoyable, were
Why the dinosaurs vanished, by Liliane
Hannah, by Barry
Danger on the beach, by Dave
All in all, an excellent meeting.
Next meeting: Tuesday 1 March – 1000 word stories with the theme ‘Wine’.
Ed: Caz was unable to attend due to a family accident.
