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Blue Sky Thinking, Annual Summer Lunch and 11 days Left to Enter our Non Fiction Competition.
Blue Sky Meeting
“There is nothing permanent except change”, Heraclitus.
Every few years we create the opportunity for a group get-together wholly focusing on developing and evaluating the direction of our group. We call it our “Blue Sky” event. We discuss in subgroups topics ranging from meeting agendas and locations, data protection and communication, social media and writing projects, local community events and competitions…..plus everything else that a writer’s circle does in between… 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
New Writing from Lily Rose King and Nick Thomas, Plus 2025 Richard Booth Prize for Non-Fiction – Competition now OPEN!
It’s always such a pleasure to begin this recent update with writing from members of Hay Writers’ Circle. This article contains work from both Lily Rose King and Nick Thomas… 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
Hay Festival Sell-Out Success, and “Stepping Out With an ‘E’ ” from Martine Smith
Isn’t it fun! Aren’t we all have the greatest time, seeing loads of interesting events and buying lots, and lots, and lots of books! If, like me, your answer is a resounding YES! then you will already be heading over to the Hay Festival website to buy more tickets – we’ve got days and days still to enjoy! Continue reading
Alan Oberman – Author Interview, and Hay Writers’ Live Program at Hay Festival 2025
An interview with Alan Oberman – exclusive for Hay Writers’ Website.
Alan is writing an account of British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain’s life between September 1938 and September 1939. In an exclusive for the Hay Writers’ Website, Alan Oberman is interviewed by himself on the progress of his book…. Continue reading
Frances Copping Memorial Prize – Winner Announced!
We are excited to announce the results of our 2025 Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction Competition, named in fond remembrance of our Lifetime President who sadly passed away in 2020.
This popular competition again received a good number of entries from both inside and outside Hay Writers’ Circle and we very much welcome external interest in all our writing competitions… Continue reading
Competition, Poems and Hay Festival 2025.
While we await a few confirmations before announcing the winners of our recent Fiction Competition, there’s still time to enter our 2025 Poetry Competition. The judge this year is a talented Gareth Writer-Davies and the closing date for poems up to 40 lines long on any theme is midnight, Tuesday 22nd April. Anyone can submit poems and we look forward to reading your exciting creations… Continue reading
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