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Jo Jones Remembered

Posted on January 20, 2025 by thehaywriters

Jo Jones Remembered By The Writers’ Circle.

We recently learned of the passing of former HWC Secretary – Jo Jones.
Jo Jones was a member of the Writers Circle in Hay for many years, between 2014-2017 she was the group’s Secretary. She was much valued by all the members of the Circle.

She had been a warden of a mountainside hostel in an earlier incarnation. We rated her as tough and fearless, whilst always seeing the funny side of things, compassionately… Continue reading →

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Writing Goals 2025 – Still Time to Enter Our Fiction Competition, and A Fireside Tale by Michael Eisele.

Posted on January 5, 2025 by thehaywriters

Suddenly we are 5 days into 2025, and perhaps considering our New Year Writing Resolutions. One of them should be entering a short story to the Frances Copping Prize Fiction Competition.

The competition is open to everyone, members of Hay Writers’ Circle and non-members too. Pieces of 500-1500 words on any fiction theme are accepted. Closing date for entries is Tuesday 7th January 2025. Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place… Continue reading →

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STOP PRESS Judge Announced for The Frances Copping Prize for Fiction 2024, Competition Details and Happy 101st Birthday Lynn!

Posted on November 12, 2024 by thehaywriters

Submissions are now invited for our annual Fiction Competition, The Frances Copping Memorial Prize 2024, named in fond remembrance of our Lifetime President who sadly passed away in 2020.

This year we are delighted to announce that our judge is the wonderful Adele Evershed…. Continue reading →

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An Arrival, Hay Festival Winter Weekend and More From The Richard Booth Prize

Posted on November 4, 2024 by thehaywriters

We are all delighted to announce the welcome arrival of baby Zephyr!

Many congratulations to his HWC mum, Lily, and all the family. xxx
(Cheers and rapturous applause!)
It’s less than a month to go before Hay Festival welcomes us all to it’s Winter Weekend, 28th November – 1st December 2024. It’s definitely something to brighten the darkening days and place us firmly on the road to seasonal celebrations ahead… Continue reading →

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AGM Welcomes New Committee and Richard Booth Prize 2024 – 3rd Place Entry

Posted on October 23, 2024 by thehaywriters

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 →

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The 2024 Richard Booth Prize for Non Fiction – Winner and Runner Up Entries

Posted on September 30, 2024 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to showcase the top two entrees as well as the judge’s comments of our most recent competition, The Richard Booth Prize for Non Fiction 2024…. Continue reading →

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Winner of the 2024 Richard Booth Prize for Non Fiction Announced!

Posted on September 23, 2024 by thehaywriters

The rain may be lashing and the thunder rolling, but we are back at the beginning of another exciting writing year.

We are going to kick off our 45th year with announcing the results of our annual non-fiction competition…. Continue reading →

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A Graduation, A Deadline and A Summer Gathering

Posted on July 20, 2024 by thehaywriters

We start our update today in congratulatory spirits. Earlier this week one of our members, Mark Bayliss, graduated from Cardiff University with an M.A. in Creative Writing. We are thrilled for Mark and delighted his steadfast dedication to writing and learning as reaped such rewards… Continue reading →

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WE HAVE A WINNER! Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Prize 2024 – The Results.

Posted on July 9, 2024 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to announce the results of the Hay Writers Circle Poetry Competition 2024. 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 →

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Double Triumphs for Competitions Judges at the Welsh Book Awards 2024

Posted on July 6, 2024 by thehaywriters

Hay Writers’ Circle send many heartfelt congratulations to Kandance Siobhan Walker and Tom Bullough for their individual successes at the Wales Book of the Years Awards 2024 – English Language Books. Both have been competition judges for HWC in the past; Kandance was our judge for the Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction 2020, and Tom was last years’ judge for the Richard Booth Prize for Non Fiction. Continue reading →

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