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HWC AGM: Committee Voted In & Members Leaving Us, Plus Richard Booth Prize 2025 – 3rd Place Winner.

Posted on October 20, 2025 by thehaywriters

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 →

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Richard Booth Prize 2025 – Winners Announced.

Posted on October 12, 2025 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to begin this week with the results of our annual non-fiction competition.

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.

Our memorial prize, named in tribute to Richard Booth, the self-proclaimed “King of Hay”, who among many literary interests, was a keen supporter of the Hay Writers’ Circle. He sadly passed away in 2019, still in love with books, writers and his beautiful kingdom of Hay-on-Wye… Continue reading →

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News! News! News! Book Launch, Workshop and Hay Festival!

Posted on May 3, 2024 by thehaywriters

You are invited to come to a multi author book launch on Friday 10th May
10-12noon at North Books, 4 Castle Street, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5DF
email jules@northbooks.co.uk for further details. Continue reading →

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Winner of the 2022 Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction Announced

Posted on February 25, 2023 by thehaywriters

We are excited to announce the results of our 2022 Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction Competition, named in fond remembrance of our Lifetime President who sadly passed away in 2020…. Continue reading →

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Year Starts on a High!

Posted on January 20, 2023 by thehaywriters

As we plough headlong into the third week of the new year, we are delighted to relay some news. Hay Writers’ Circle member, Alan Oberman’s forth coming book, “Ellie and Sapiens“, has been accepted by Arkbound publishing. Arkbound specializes in … Continue reading →

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Richard Booth Prize for Non Fiction and Seasonal Changes

Posted on September 14, 2022 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to announce the results of our annual non-fiction competition. 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 … Continue reading →

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Prize Winning Poets and Poems – 2022 Poetry Competition Report

Posted on July 6, 2022 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to showcase the winning poets and poems of our 2022 Poetry Competition. Huge congratulations to 1st Prize – Michelle Pearce, 2nd Prize – Jean O’Donoghue and 3rd Prize – Jaz Slade. 1st Place Poem, on reading ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ … Continue reading →

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Winners Announced for the Hay Poetry Competition 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by thehaywriters

Hot Off The Press! The winners of the Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition 2022 are as follows : 1st Prize – Michelle Pearce 2nd Prize – Jean O’Donoghue 3rd Prize – Jaz Slade Congratulations to our winners and to everyone … Continue reading →

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