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Winner of the Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction Announced.
We are delighted to announce the results of the Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction Competition 2020. We were pleased to receive a good number of entries from both inside and outside Hay Writers’ Circle and we very much welcome … Continue reading
Hay Writer, Marianne Rosen, talks to BBC Radio Shropshire
With the imminent release of her new book, The Doors of Riverdell, Hay Writers’ Circle member, Marianne Rosen talked to BBC Radio Shropshire’s DJ Jim Hawkins about life, Ludlow and The Riverdell Saga, her debut series. Click on the link … Continue reading
2020 Fiction Prize – Kandace Walker Announced as Judge.
The 2020 Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction Submissions are now invited. This is an annual fiction competition, open to members and non-members of HayWriters’ Circle. Pieces of 600-1500 words on any fiction theme are accepted. Prizes are awarded for first, … Continue reading
Ch-Ch-Changes
Four Incredible Years September arrives and marks a change of season. Gone are those long, languid but brilliant days of summer and into the foreground the harvest comes, bringing darkening evenings and that first hint of frost. This year September … Continue reading
Hay Festival Digital 2020
#ImagineTheWorld – Virtually Here by Emma van Woerkom Looking back on the heady days of Hay Festival 2019, it’s truly difficult to imagine what a difference 12 months can make. Could we have guessed the words ‘pandemic’, ‘social isolation’ and … Continue reading
2020 Poetry Competition – Results Announced.
The winners of the 2020 Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition are: First prize – Emma van Woerkom – ‘Blackberry Seed’ Second prize – Angela Grunsell – ‘Autonomy’ Third prize – Katy Stones – ‘After him’ This year our judge … Continue reading