AGM And More

Norwich Writers' Circle's AGM took place this evening.

This well-attended meeting also included our annual prizegiving, which acknowledges Circle members' successes in the various group competitions held throughout the year.

The prizes awarded tonight were:

The Ivy Ferrari Trophy
1st

Maureen Nisbet

2nd

Sally Newton

3rd

Phyllida Scrivens

The Competition Cup

1st

Mickie Dann

2nd

Sally Newton

3rd
Maureen Nisbet

The Colin Sutton Cup for Humour

1st
Sally Newton

2nd
Joanne Amos
3rd
Anne Sanderson

Sadly this evening's meeting also saw Anne Funnell, our Chairman, step down after several years in the role. Anne's efforts were recognised by all Norwich Writers' Circle members in a presentation of a gift, along with some flowers.

We next meet in September, following our annual Summer break.

Details of our new programme, including competitions and visiting writers, will be announced on this Blog in the weeks ahead.

We hope to see you later on in the year.

Poetry Prize-Giving

At The Assembly House this evening we held the prize giving for our Annual Open Poetry Competition.

This year's competition, which had over 500 entries, was adjudicated by Martin Figura. The Joy Of Six member commented on the variety of the poems entered, plus also how much he enjoyed judging the competition.

After the compeition prize-winners were announced, a selection of poems from the Anthology were read aloud by the poets to a packed, and very appreciative, Kent Room.

The main competiton winners were:

1st - £300.00

The Explosion

by Howard Wright

2nd - £200.00

Growing Hippastrum

by Gill McEvoy

3rd - £100.00

The Yare At Rockland

by Melissa Collin

In additon to the above, the OPC's sponsored prizes were also announced. The winners in these catergories were as follows:

Family - H G Powell - £35.00

Just Jacaranda

by Wendy Klein

Humorous - John Coleridge - £15.00

For The Good Of Her Health

by Bob Sheed

Minimalist - John Lewis (token) - £10.00

Early Snow

by Tim Lenton

All the winning poems are now featured in our competition's 40th Anniversary Anthology, which was also launched this evening.

The popular Winners' Anthology is also now available to purchase via our website, by going here.

Please visit norwichwriters.org.uk to see the full list of winners.

Prizegiving Evening & AGM

Norwich Writers' Circle's AGM took place this evening, following our popular Summer Social held a couple of weeks ago.

This well-attended meeting also included our annual prizegiving, which acknowledges Circle members' successes in the various group competitions held throughout the year.

The prizes awarded tonight were:

The Colin Sutton Cup for Humour

Sally Newton

The Competition Cup
Sally Newton

The Cooper Prize

Sally Newton

To celebrate Sally's successful year, we rounded off the evening by hearing her highly praised, competition winning opening chapter to The Apothecary's Niece. This story extract won our Historical Novel Introduction Competition in December 2009, and was read aloud to a very appreciative audience.

We next meet in September, following our annual Summer break.

Details of our 2010/11 programme, including competitions and visiting writers, will be announced on this Blog in the weeks ahead.

We hope to see you later on in the year.

AGM Prizegiving

Following the Summer Garden Party, our AGM took place on the 7th July. This lively and well-attended meeting also included our annual prizegiving. The prizes awarded acknowledge Circle members successes in the various group competitions held during the previous year.

The prizes awarded during the evening were:

The Colin Sutton Cup for Humour
Maureen Nisbet

The Ivy Ferrari Award
Anne Funnell

The Competition Cup
Anne Funnell

Congratulations to all the winning writers.