Tonight we celebrated the memory of young Jack Wilkinson with a really good attendance and a dozen fantastic entries for the trophy.
It was a poignant evening as his mother Caz had been one of six executors of Eric Vanlint's will. Eric, a good friend of Jack and his parents, left an amazing £150,000 for charity. Caz presented this to the Ipswich Hospital Children's Ward to help with improvements. Such a wonderful gift left to the ward that treated Jack for his cancer.
Jack may not be with us in body, but his spirit lives on through the competition we held this evening.
There were so many excellent stories that it was difficult to pick a winner, in fact our voting criteria is to name our top three stories. So close were the votes that we had to name a fourth story.
In joint 3rd place were Kay with her story, "Birds," and Jim with his "Madonna."
Can you believe that in second place yet again, was Georgina with "Thursday's Child." That's three runner-up spots on the trot!
The winner with his story "The Things that Disappear," was our newest member, Justin in only his second meeting! Well done Justin! In fact well done to everyone who entered and especially to Cathy and Beryl for reading the stories so professionally.
Justin's story will appear in the anthology once it is finalised and printed.
Talking anthology, please remember to send in a story as soon as possible. Many thanks.
Our next meeting is on 5th March when the homework assignment is "On the Beach."
Until next time,
Keep Scribbling!!!
