Safe Hands

Mickie Dann's competition winning short radio play Safe Hands is now available to listen to online.

Please go here to listen to the radio drama.

Return to this Blog soon for the latest instalment of our online Midwinter Murders series.

Mickie Dann Chats

Our Midwinter Murders online series continues with the opportunity to hear another BBC Radio Norfolk interview.

Please go here to listen to Maggie Secker's Sunday afternoon chat with Norwich Writers' Circle competition winner Mickie Dann.

Mickie won our Radio Script Competition, which was adjudicated by BAFTA award-winning writer Glenn Chandler, with her short play Safe Hands.

The drama continues very soon as we will be giving you the opportunity to listen to the winning play.

Switch Over Beethoven

Phyllida Scrivens' short radio drama Switch Over Beethoven is now available to listen to online.

The radio play can be listened to by going here.

Please return to this Blog soon for the latest instalment of our online Midwinter Murders series.

Midwinter Murders

Join us next month for our online Midwinter Murders season.

Please return to this Blog during January 2011 for more info.

Glenn Chandler's Crime Time

Following his visit to us earlier in the year, author and screenwriter Glenn Chandler returned to Norwich Writers' Circle this evening to adjudicate our Radio Script Competition.

Glenn, who is best known for creating the long-running ITV1 police drama Taggart, commented to a packed Sexton Room, that he was immensely impressed with all 17 competition entries.

The BAFTA award-winner also noted that he was also impressed with the inventive of our scripts, plus the variety of murder methods featured within them. Glenn also said that due to the quality of our writing, he would feature 3 commended entries, along with a joint 3rd place.

The winning entries were:

1st
Safe Hands
by Mickie Dann

2nd
Switch Over Beethoven
by Phyllida Scrivens

Joint 3rd
A Bit Of A Shock
by Doreen Rosser

Joint 3rd
The Female Searcher
by Diana Wilson

Commended
Brute Force
by Lyn Fountain

Commended
Serial Killer
by Andrew Heron

Commended
Intuition
by Cathy Rushbrook

The top two prize-winning entries will be broadcast as part of Maggie Secker's popular Sunday afternoon BBC Radio Norfolk show. Watch this space for more information.

We next meet on the 14th December, in The Assembly House's Pierce Room, for our annual Christmas Celebration.

We hope to you can celebrate Christmas with us.

Script Smart

Following the recent visit to Norwich Writers' Circle by Glenn Chandler, who launched our Radio Script competition, for a drama that features of no more than 2 characters and 750 words, there has been some confusion.

To clarify any confusion regarding the layoutof the drama, please follow visit the Script Smart section of the BBC Writersroom website by going here. This excellent site also features writing opportunities and tips, and is well worth the visit.

If you have any further queries regarding the competition, please feel free to contact us.