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HWC AGM: Committee Voted In & Members Leaving Us, Plus Richard Booth Prize 2025 – 3rd Place Winner.
HWC AGM 2025
How quickly our writing year is up and running again! Our Annual General Meeting enjoyed not only many positive reports from it’s Committee, but also a number of exciting plans and adaptations for the coming year ahead. All thanks to everyone who brainstormed ideas during our summer blue-sky-meeting.
We are delighted that the following Committee Members have been re-appointed. Continue reading
Workshop Report: Breaking The Rules Of Fiction, and Non Fiction Competition Open To All
Breaking the rules of fiction – a workshop with Alan Bilton
Article written by HWC Chair, Corinne Harris.
Photos by Ange Grunsell
On Tuesday 17th June, fifteen of us met in Clyro Village Hall for this workshop. Alan started with a concise summary of the rules of fiction, and of the expectations readers have of work in a particular genre. He then, with a series of interactive exercises, encouraged us to break the rules he had just outlined… Continue reading
More Prize Winning Poems, plus Hay Writers Live! Anytime
Showcasing inspiring writing has always been at the heart of Hay Writers’ Circle, so we are delighted to reveal the 2nd and 3rd placed poets and poems from our recent 2025 Poetry Competition.
Thank you to our amazing 2025 Poetry Judge, Gareth Writer-Davies whose comments on the prize winning pieces are printed below. Also, congratulations once again to our 2025 winner, David Shields whose poem, “Old Mortality”, accompanied by the judge’s feedback is featured in our previous online article – HERE. Well done!… Continue reading
We Have A Winner! Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Prize 2025 – The Results.
This every popular competition received a good number of entries from both inside and outside Hay Writers’ Circle and we very much welcome all external interest in our writing competitions.
We must firstly take a moment to thank our amazing 2025 Poetry Judge, Gareth Writer-Davies who single-handedly read all the poems and whittled them down to our ultimate set of three prize winning poems… Continue reading
AGM Welcomes New Committee and Richard Booth Prize 2024 – 3rd Place Entry
Our October 2024 AGM brought a few changes to our Hay Writers’ Circle Committee. For the last two years Chairperson, Katharine Stones has steadfastly guided us. She has enabled the group to modernise, thrive and write well, and our current capacity membership is a testament to her hard work. … Continue reading
Hay Writers’ Circle at the Hay Festival 2019
Hay Festival 2019 by ECvW We’ve been blessed with another fantastic Hay Festival. Official photo’s in the Green Room, a larger, high-spec venue, (beautifully managed by a wonderful festival team), and an absolutely terrific, attentive, sell-out crowd! Our audience … Continue reading
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