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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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Join Us For An Afternoon Poetry Workshop with Gareth Writer-Davies

Posted on September 24, 2025 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to announce details of a one-off Poetry Workshop with Gareth Writer-Davies.

Date – Tuesday 21st October 13.30pm-16.00pm
Venue – Cusop Village Hall – HR3 5RW (free on-site parking, facilities etc)
Cost – £20.00 non members, £10.00 members
Booking – Tickets via Eventbrite – CLICK HERE
Or email thehaywriters@gmail.com Continue reading →

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Winner of the 2024 Frances Copping Prize for Fiction Announced!

Posted on April 8, 2024 by thehaywriters

We are excited to announce the results of our 2024 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 →

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Book Now – Performance Poetry Masterclass with Susan Evans

Posted on March 22, 2024 by thehaywriters

We are excited to advertise details of a forthcoming Poetry Performance Workshop on 16th April with the award winning Susan Evans… Continue reading →

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Historical Fiction and Poetry Workshops, plus get your tickets for Hay Festival 2023!

Posted on April 19, 2023 by thehaywriters

Workshop 1 – Writing Historical Fiction Here’s a last minute shout out for our Writing Historical Fiction workshop taking place Thursday 20th April – tomorrow – 11.30am-4pm. We are once again delighted to have Alan Bilton taking the lead at … Continue reading →

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2020 Poetry Competition – Results Announced.

Posted on April 5, 2020 by thehaywriters

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 →

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February 18th – Poetry Workshop with Lesley Saunders

Posted on February 2, 2020 by thehaywriters

***STOP PRESS*** The Deadline for The Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition 2020 is Tuesday 17th March – Results will be announced in April. All our competitions are open to non-members for a small fee and your entry will be very welcome. Info on … Continue reading →

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Libby Houston Announced as Poetry Judge 2018

Posted on March 31, 2018 by thehaywriters

It is with enormous delight that we can reveal that the 2018 Poetry Competition Judge is the incredible Libby Houston. Libby Houston has been a working poet for more than half a century, starting back in the days of the … Continue reading →

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GET YOUR MUSE ON

Posted on January 8, 2018 by thehaywriters

Get your Muse on Hay Writers’ Circle are delighted to present a poetry workshop on Saturday 17th February, with award-winning Welsh poet and highly acclaimed workshop leader, Dr Rhiannon Hooson. Dr Hooson studied and later taught at Lancaster University, where … Continue reading →

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