Another eclectic meeting...

For those who were unable to attend this evening's meeting, they missed another tremendous collection of stories on a subject of wives writing about husbands, husbands writing about wives or in lieu of a spouse, a partner.

What a tremendous selection of prose and verse were shared, from true stories to the creative works that ended in an almighty crescendo of drama...

Can our writers ever improve on their talents? Of course they can... they do it every meeting!

Our next meeting will be on 18th March and will feature the Jack Wilkinson memorial trophy which will be up for grabs every six months. Details of the competition will follow shortly.

Unitl next time,

Keep Scribbling!

Our next meeting etc.,

Here is a reminder that out next meeting is on Tuesday 4th March at 7.30pm in The Room at the Top. The homework theme is for ladies to write up to 1,000 words on their husbands whilst husbands write the same amount on their wives! Of course this can apply equally to partners as well. Your story can be fictional or as true as you want it to be!  Now's your chance to let  all the superlatives flow...

Next we must congratulate our good friend Scott and his wife Aimee on the safe arrival of their daughter Aiki. Fantastic news!

Hope to see you  Tuesday,

Until then,

Keep Scribbling!

Dave

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BBC Writers Room can be found here.  

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BATTERED MOONS POETRY COMPETITION 2014

The fifth Battered Moons Poetry Competition will be open from 1^st March 2014 to all UK residents aged 18 or over and accepts poems on any topic and style of up to 40 lines. Main judge David Morley and Cristina Newton will both read all the poems.

The 3 winners and 4 commended poets will be invited to read their poems at the Swindon Festival of Poetry on Saturday 4^th October 2014, when David Morley will present the prizes and read from his own work. Winning and commended poems will appear in the Battered Moons pamphlet and website.

First prize, £500; second, £300; third, £100, plus four commendations of £25 each. Entry fee: £5 for the first poem and £3.5 thereafter. Closing date for entries is 30th June 2014. On-line and postal entries accepted. For further information and to enter online, visithttp://batteredmoons.com .

Supported by Swindon Artswords, the Swindon Festival of Poetry, and Arts Council England.

BATTERED MOONS POETRY COMPETITION 2014

The fifth Battered Moons Poetry Competition will be open from 1^st March 2014 to all UK residents aged 18 or over and accepts poems on any topic and style of up to 40 lines. Main judge David Morley and Cristina Newton will both read all the poems.

The 3 winners and 4 commended poets will be invited to read their poems at the Swindon Festival of Poetry on Saturday 4^th October 2014, when David Morley will present the prizes and read from his own work. Winning and commended poems will appear in the Battered Moons pamphlet and website.

First prize, £500; second, £300; third, £100, plus four commendations of £25 each. Entry fee: £5 for the first poem and £3.5 thereafter. Closing date for entries is 30th June 2014. On-line and postal entries accepted. For further information and to enter online, visithttp://batteredmoons.com .

Supported by Swindon Artswords, the Swindon Festival of Poetry, and Arts Council England.

Deadline February 28th!

Recieved today!!!!.


Go to http://www.wildsoundfestival.comand watch the recent script winning readings performed by professional actors. At least 2 winners a month.  See the 1000s of views each video garners as well. Get your story seen by agents and producers! Bottomline, that's what we do.


Below are the links to the various contests. Due date is February 28th. Hope to see you submit:

FULL FEEDBACK on all entries from a committee of industry professional screenwriters and script consultants. Guaranteed excellent feedback or your money back,

Winners get their story performed at the monthly writing festival.

FEATURE or SHORT screenplay contest - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your script. Winners get their script read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/screenplaycontest.html

TV PILOT or SPEC screenplay contest - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your script. Winners get their script read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/tvscreenplaycontest.html

SHORT STORY CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your short story. Winners get their short story read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/short_story_contest.html

1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your book. Winners get their 1st chapter read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/book_contest.html

1st ACT or FULL PLAY CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your essay. Winners get their plays read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/play_contest.html

ESSAY CONTEST - Get FULL FEEDBACK on your essay. Winners get their essay read and shown online by a professional actor!
http://www.wildsound.ca/essay_contest.html

POETRY CONTEST - All entries win and get their poem showcased on this popular website. Winners get their poem made into a film!
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

Submit your LOGLINE to the WILDsound network for exposure
http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html

- Take a look at recent loglines submitted. Network averages over 100,000 unique visitors a day. There's even an option to have a video made for the logline and have it performed. Submit loglines for any story


Hope you take a look at what we have to offer. Either way, good luck. and keep writing

WILDsound

www.wildsound.ca

Orfordness Lighthouse Writing Competition

 Take part in a unique project to celebrate

Orfordness Lighthouse!

The Lighthouse on Orfordness was switched off forever last June, and the sea is rapidly washing away the shingle it stands on – it now faces a very uncertain future. A writing competition has been launched to celebrate this iconic building.

There are two categories in this competition – fiction and non-fiction, and three age groups – 12 and under (up to 500 words); 13–18 (up to 1000 words); Adult (up to 1500 words). There is no minimum word count, but please do not submit anything over the limit. The competition opened 1^st January 2014 and closes on 31^st May 2014. (Please note there is no poetry category in this competition.)

Competition organiser and Orford resident Liz Ferretti explains. ‘This lighthouse has been helping shipping and fishermen since 1792. We all felt as though we’d lost something when it was switched off. This writing competition is a creative way to celebrate a building that is such a powerful symbol on the Suffolk Coast.”

For this competition, we want you to find inspiration in the Orfordness Lighthouse and the Suffolk Coast, but what you write after that is up to you.

A fiction category entry could be a short story or an extract from a longer work, and be in any genre – crime, literary, adventure, sci-fi... The non-fiction category could be a contemporary journalistic piece, nature writing, or it could focus on history, the people involved in the lighthouse, our changing coastline, the writer’s own thoughts…

There are some fantastic prizes to be won, including brunch for two on the Lady Florence river restaurant, and book tokens. The winning entries will be published in the EADT’s Suffolk Magazine.

This writing competition is part of Touching the Tide, a three-year Heritage Lottery Funded project along the Suffolk coast between Covehithe and Felixstowe, hosted by the Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

For more information and for full competition rules, please go to www.touchingthetide.org.uk. Please submit to: Bill.Jenman@suffolk.gov.uk. We prefer email submissions, but if this is not possible then send hard copy to: Bill Jenman, Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB, Dock Lane, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1PE. Please mark all communications “Orfordness Lighthouse Writing Competition”.

ENDS

Notes

1. Touching the Tide project overview

Touching the Tide is a £900k three-year Heritage Lottery Funded Landscape Partnership Scheme along the Suffolk coast between Covehithe and Felixstowe, hosted by the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. The landscape area covered by this project is essentially the Suffolk Heritage Coast, which lies within the AONB. It's a very dynamic environment which is constantly changing and evolving, primarily influenced by the sea, and by the soft, recently deposited, overlying geology. The project period is Spring 2013-Spring 2016.

2. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Located on the coast of East Anglia, the Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) encompasses 155 square miles of wildlife-rich wetlands, ancient heaths, windswept shingle beaches and historic towns and villages. This tranquil and unspoilt landscape is a haven for a wide variety of wildlife and birds, and a fantastic place to explore and discover.

Cardiff International Poetry Competition.

The 2014 Cardiff International Poetry Competition is open for entries.

The competition offers one of the largest monetary prizes for a poetry competition of its kind. First prize is £5000. Additional prizes are £500 for second place, £250 for third and five runners-up receive £50 each. All entries to the competition will be judged anonymously, so this is a great opportunity to have your poetry judged on its own merits.

Literature Wales is delighted to announce that the 2014 competition will be judged by Lemn Sissay and Rhian Edwards with Samantha Wynne Rhydderch acting as Filter Judge.

Closing date: Friday 14 March 2014

To download an entry form, click here.

Alternatively, to download a black and white version of the entry form, click here.

To receive an entry form through the post send a stamped, self addressed envelope to:
Literature Wales, CIPC14 Entry Form,
Cambrian Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 5FL.

For further details contact Literature Wales:
 post@literaturewales.org

The Cardiff International Poetry Competition is administered by Literature Wales with the financial support of Cardiff Council.

Words for the Wounded

I hope you don't mind me reminding you that Words for the Wounded Writing Prize (raising money for the recovery of wounded troops) closes to entries on 11 March. Up to 400 words of fiction, memoir and poetry. Prize money totalling £400 and publication in Writers' Forum. Entry fee £4.50.   Details can be found on www.wordsforthewounded.co.uk  Remember - 100% of your entry fee goes to the wounded.

Thanks so much, and good luck!

Margaret

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Margaret Graham
www.margaret-graham.com
www.wordsforthewounded.co.uk
www.wordsforthewounded.blogspot.co.uk
www.margaret-graham-author.blogspot.co.uk