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Count Down to Hay Festival, a New Fiction Workshop & a Prize Winning Short Story.
Hay Writers’ at Hay Festival 2025! Come and hear the writers share and discuss some of their recent work. The Hay Writers’ Circle is a dynamic group, active in Hay for more than 40 years….
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Hay Writers’ Circle Remembers Ann Riviere
It was with great sadness that we recently learned Ann Riviere, a Hay Writers’ Circle alumni and stalwart supporter of the group had passed away.
Ann was a highly valued member for almost 2 decades and served as HWC Treasurer for many of them. In an era when the Circle sold a yearly magazine to generate funs, Ann would be out and about the town of Hay, selling magazine advertising space to many of the local businesses, (“on the streets plying her trade” as she often joked!). In her role as Treasurer she also wrote annually to Literature Wales in the hope that the group might get support, and although we never received any funding, she never gave up hoping…. Continue reading →
Jo Jones Remembered
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 →
Writing Goals 2025 – Still Time to Enter Our Fiction Competition, and A Fireside Tale by Michael Eisele.
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 →
Announcing The Richard Booth Prize 2024 – Now Open for Submissions
Submissions are now invited for our annual Non-Fiction Competition, The Richard Booth Prize 2024, named after one of Hay-on-Wye’s most notable residents and it’s self proclaimed ‘King of Hay’. Richard was always a great supporter of books, Hay-on-Wye and of course, local writers… Continue reading →
Christmas Catch-up: Short Story Workshop and Fiction Competition Reminder
Writing a short story is character building… is perhaps the best way to summarise the main thrust of Dr Carolyn Lewis’ Hay Writers’ Circle Short Story Workshop on Monday 4th December, 2023.
From the outset she emphasized how understanding your characters’ wants and needs, their backgrounds, even the minutiae of their lives off the page brings a vitality and authenticity to their lives on the page that can be sorely lacking otherwise. … Continue reading →
***STOP PRESS*** Judge Announced for The Frances Copping Prize for Fiction plus details of Fiction Writing Workshop.
Submissions are now invited for our annual Fiction Competition, The Frances Copping Memorial Prize 2023, named in fond remembrance of our Lifetime President who sadly passed away in 2020. The competition is open to everyone, members of Hay Writers’ Circle and … Continue reading →
Double Book Launch for Hay Writers’, Mark Bayliss
On a weekend where we’ve all ‘gone to ground’ under the blustering sway of Storm Eunice, Hay Writers’ Circle Secretary, Mark Bayliss is celebrating the launch of not one, but 2 incredible new books – Rare Earth and Valley Noir … Continue reading →
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Short Story – ‘Wahiba’ by Alan Oberman
Wahiba The tiny twin-propeller aircraft hums low over the desert. All is empty, devoid of any object to focus the eye, yet not featureless. Swells and troughs of sand paint a vast abstract canvas where sharp ridges of dune divide … Continue reading →
THE 2020 RICHARD BOOTH MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION – Submissions Invited.
THE 2020 RICHARD BOOTH MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION This is an annual non-fiction competition, open to members and non-members of Hay Writers’ Circle. Pieces of 600-1500 words on any non-fiction theme are accepted. Prizes are awarded for first, second and … Continue reading →
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