Maureen sponsored two successful writing competitions for adults and children in his memory whilst a trophy, purchased from the donation of her prize money from Belinda Janz, has become a regular and revered part of the Scribbler's programme.
This is run as an anonymous competition with the guidelines for The Bill Budner Trophy as follows:
- 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 - no names or identification marks on the paper
- On arrival at the meeting work will be placed face down on a designated table
- At a given time all members will collect one entry (but not their own!) and will be given time to familiarize themselves with it - whenever possible all stories will be read by independent readers
- The stories will then be read out to the group with everyone present marking their top three entries
- At the end of the evening all marks will be added by a nominated adjudicator.
- The winner will then be announced and the prestigious Bill Budner Trophy presented to them by the previous winner.
- The trophy will then be engraved by Scott at Mr Cobbler in Felixstowe
- The trophy will be held for six months until the next competition
- The holder undertakes to return the trophy to Felixstowe Scribblers and advise of any change of address.
Entries should be stories or poems on any topic.
One entry only per person.
Submissions should be written for the competition
and not a previously written script.
No limit on how few or how many words are used.
Entries to be submitted to the editor, Liz, by
midday on Tuesday 20th October 2020.
Please write Bill Budner Competition above the
title.
The stories will be published as Story A, B, C, and
so on.
The stories will be posted altogether on the
evening of Tuesday 20th October 2020.
Paper copies of the stories will be given to the
judge to read on Tuesday 20th October; the editor will type
story A, B, C etc. on the top of each story so the judge will have no idea of
the author.
As the stories will be judged by a person who is
not a member of Scribblers you will be able to post comments when the stories
are posted as they will not influence the judge who does not have access to the
website.
The judge’s findings are non-negotiable.
The judge will award 1st 2nd and
3rd place winners only and may leave a comment for the author,
or not.
Results of the competition will be published on the
website on Tuesday 27th October 2020 and found on the
information page.
Our judge for this competition is Ruth Skinner, she
is a retired English graduate who has headed up the English department in a
large secondary school. She is an avid reader and member of book clubs. For a
while Ruth published and edited her local “Look Around Woodbridge” magazine.
She has a great depth of knowledge about author’s, their styles of writing,
mechanisms used in writing, and is a linguist to boot. Ruth is a very kind
person and will be supportive of our efforts, so please don’t feel hesitant to
enter the competition.
Good luck, happy scribbling.