Minutes of Scribblers
meeting held on 7 May 2019
Present: Dave, Tony, Kay,
Steve, Liliane, Justin, Beryl, Liz, Anne, Georgina, Hazel, Jim, Derek, Cathy
Apologies: David, Carole
Business:
Bank signatories. No
progress. Currently we are unable to access any of our funds. On the advice of
HSBC, Beryl has written to the banking Ombudsman about the issue. Dave
suggested that a meeting with the Manager of the local branch be arranged.
Anthology – Dave, Beryl
and Georgina are in the final stages of preparation.
Competition time:
A fabulous thirteen
entries for the Bill Budner trophy – might this be a record number?!
Beryl and Cathy read out
the stories for judging, and Tony kindly counted up the votes afterwards. The
standard of work was extremely high, with every story having tremendous merit.
Judging between them all
was a challenge, to say the least, but the final results were:
In first place, Beryl,
with her moving tale ‘The Visit’. An extra special evening for her, since this
is the first time she’s won the trophy.
Derek came second with
‘Serafina’,
and tying for third place
were Georgina, with ‘Fair exchange’, and Tony, with ‘City of Shadows’.
Other stories were:
Jim – The waiting room
Kay – Tale weaver
Liz – The allotment
Anne – Tipping point
Justin – Jesus wants me
for a sunbeam
Liliane – Valerie and
Vivian
Steve – The sinner
Hazel – A chance meeting
Dave – Around the corner
Next meeting:
21 May, when it is our
flash fiction meeting – writing to a topic selected from our ‘stash’ of
themes/topics.
