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2025 Fiction Competition Now OPEN, Poetry Workshop Report, The One That Didn’t Get Away, and Hay Festival Winter Weekend coming soon!

Posted on October 28, 2025 by thehaywriters

Submissions are now invited for our annual Fiction Competition, The Frances Copping Memorial Prize 2025, 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 non-members too. Pieces of 500-1500 words on any fiction theme are accepted. Closing date for entries is Tuesday 6th January 2026. Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place… Continue reading →

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
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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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Christmas Catch-up: Short Story Workshop and Fiction Competition Reminder

Posted on December 24, 2023 by thehaywriters

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 →

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Workshop – Simple Words to Moving Pictures: the art of the screenplay.

Posted on February 13, 2023 by thehaywriters

We are excited to announce details of a new workshop event taking place next month. Date : Monday 6th March.Time : 11am – 4pm (bring own packed lunch)Location : Threshing Barn, Llwyn Celyn, NP7 7ND (Landmark Trust property)Booking – Tickets … Continue reading →

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Magic Realism & Dream Fiction Workshop with Dr Alan Bilton

Posted on November 20, 2022 by thehaywriters

We are delighted to share details of an ‘open to all’ writing workshop lead by Dr Alan Bilton on Monday December 5th. Dr Alan Bilton, “received his undergraduate degree in Literature and Film from Stirling University in 1991, and his … Continue reading →

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Review of Hay Writers’ Circle Fiction Workshop

Posted on November 18, 2018 by thehaywriters

Review of Hay Writers’ Circle Fiction Workshop, October 2018 Article by Alan Oberman, 18/11/2018 According to its participants, the 2018 Hay Writers’ Fiction Workshop was a huge success. I have taken part in a handful of creative writing workshops all, … Continue reading →

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Catching the Tale – WRITING WORKSHOP

Posted on September 15, 2018 by thehaywriters

Catching the Tale – 2018 Fiction Workshop Hay Writers’ Circle are delighted to present a fiction workshop on Saturday 27th October, with writer and workshop leader Peter Salmon. Peter Salmon’s first novel, The Coffee Story (Sceptre, 2011), was a New … Continue reading →

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