News
2010
The club has thrived since moving to the Library in January, and new members have resulted in an average attendance of 10. Our first meeting after the summer break was held on September 8th with the return of an excellent tutor, Fiona Owen, poet,short story, and creative writing tutor. The first competition of the year was won by a country member, Nigel Harding. The theme 'And that is how I came to be married to Michael Moterrosini' was set by a club member. Writing Success: Paul Bradley with published stories in Blue Tattoo and Scribble magazines. Brian Lux, was one of eleven regional finalists (312 entries) for the Munchtime children's story competition. He was presented with his certificate and cheque by the pop star Jamelia at a ceremony in a London hotel on July 30th.
2011
We are very pleased to welcome as a new member, John Sheriff, who is a prolific author of Western novels., John lived for a time in Australia where he wrote regularly for magazines. He gave the club a fascinating discussion and workshop on writing Westerns ( a first for the club), and showed how much information was available on the internet. He has now produced two excellent Newsletters for, having agreed to become our editor.
Geoff Nelder made a welcome return to us in May, and dealt with SiFi stories, and included his now familiar instructive workshop. Our first internal short story competition was won by Evan Williams, who is sadly leaving the club due to a move in July to Cheshire.
Brian Lux, the treasurer, gave a workshop on writing for children and recently just missed out in the top placings in the prestigious Writers Village Short Story competition, scoring 42/45, with the top three 43/45. He has been invited to participate in a Family Fun Day at Venue Cymru on Sept 3rd.
At the November meeting, new faces have been added to the team.
Nicky Cockburn will be our publicity officer. Tamara Rogers will be our membership secretary, informing/ reminding members of meetings and news.
Rev Pam Crane agreed to undertake the onerous duty of editor/publisher of our newsletter, hopefully four issues a year.
Max Makin continues as Secretary, and Brian Lux as Treasurer. It was agreed the Chair of each meeting would be shared among members.
The last in-house short story competition was judged by the Head of English at Eirias High School, and John Sheriff was the winner. Sadly, he is leaving us, but what a high note to leave on!
December was our Christmas Party, when apart from an excellent array of food and drink, provided by members, short (seasonal) pieces were read out, and Brian Lux provided a quiz. This is the last news for 2011, and already some exciting meetings have been planned.
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