Category: News
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We’re Going Down The Pub…
Just a quick note to remind everyone that tonight’s informal read-back meeting is at the Organ Grinder pub on Portland St, just off the Beaumond Cross / Robin Hood Hotel traffic light junction. We will have a run through anything written to the last prompt (“a series of cascades to rival the falls“) or anything…
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Flash Fiction Results!
The winning entries of our Flash Fiction competition (announced a few weeks ago at our AGM).
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October Meeting: “Fears & Monsters” with Alex Davis
We’re delighted to welcome Alex Davis back to Fosseway Writers this Thursday (4th October). Alex’s sessions are always entertaining and informative and this time around we’ve arranged for him to attend in early October so that you can be inspired to write something dark and scary in time for Halloween.
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“Meetings & Reunions”: Catch-up on our last informal read-out meeting (20th Sep)
We had another couple of new faces at our regular mid-month get-together and hope to see Edward and Ray again soon. Ray is a member of the Sleaford Hub Writers and mentioned their regular meetings on the first Tuesday of the month as well as some anthologies they have had published. We had a good…
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AGM: Our Plans for 2019
Invest in henchmen, buy some heavy duty weaponry and get a fluffy white cat to stroke inside a secret base. Hang on. That’s the ‘Survive Brexit’ folder. Ahh, here’s the AGM news… After hearing the results of the Flash Fiction competition (more on that later), we worked through the agenda and listened to the Treasurer’s…
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“After the Flood” by Janey Harvey
First place in our local history writing competition and winner of the Joan Stephenson Trophy.
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“King of the Cattle Market” by Lucy Grace
Second place winner in our recent local history writing competition.
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“A Night Lost To The Past” by C.L. Peache
Winner of 3rd place in our recent local history writing competition.
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A Successful Weekend!
Fosseway Writers had a very successful couple of days at Newark Book Festival (14-15 July 2018) where we basked in sunshine and literature.
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NEW BOOK: “Gobstoppers, Shrimps and Sour Monkeys”
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our new anthology of short stories and poems. The Title “Gobstoppers, Shrimps and Sour Monkeys” plays on the fact that these are small and tasty treats: some will leave you unable to speak, some are tiny and some may not be what you expect. Much like someone else’s…