MONDAY | 2012 PROGRAMME |
9 January | Manuscript Night |
16 January | Manuscript Night |
23 January | Flash Fiction Competition: Up to 300 words on theme of 'Games' Give your story a title other than Games. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to two entries allowed Judging on the night. |
30 January | Manuscript Night |
6 February | Flash Fiction Competition: Up to 150 words on theme of 'The Accession/Succession' to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen coming to the throne on 6th February 1952. Your story does not necessarily have to relate to royalty.
Give your story a title other than Accession/Succession. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to two entries allowed Judging on the night. |
13 February | Valentines Day Themed Workshop Presented by Helen Nicell and Rob Summers. You will have the opportunity to choose some famous lovers and write a short amorous scene on the night, for their night! I f you feel inclined to bring along some wine or chocolates the rest of us will love to share them with you. |
20 February | Manuscript Night |
27 February | 2011/2012 WRITERS BLOCK GHOST STORY RESULTS NIGHT Nick Cook will invite writers of shortlisted entries to read their stories before announcing the winners and presenting our highly coveted WRITERS BLOCK TROPHY Bring some drinks to celebrate with the winners. Nibbles will be provided |
5 March | Manuscript Night |
12 March | TBA |
19 March | TBA |
26 March | TBA |
| LAST YEAR'S PROGRAMME |
21 February 2011 | Angela’s Scrapbook – A Writing Workshop |
28 February 2011 | Manuscript night- Set competition for Mari-Anne’s illustration as subject -500 words- Choice of three pictures- children’s stories preferred. See Our Competitions for pictures |
7 March 2011 | Grelle White –Editor of Watford Area Arts Forum Magazine tells us about her life as a journalist and writer and has some exciting news! |
14 March 2011 | Manuscript Night |
21 March 2011 | Pass It Around- Competition for Marie-Anne’s drawing- bring along three copies. |
28 March 2011 | Manuscript Night – set Theme for ‘Love Story’ competition -1500 words – Judge to be confirmed |
4 April 2011 | ‘Eats Shoots and Leigh’s’ with no apologies to Lynne Truss, our local author Leigh Russell will provide a fun workshop to improve our grammar and help us get published! |
11 April 2011 | Manuscript Night |
18 April 2011 | ‘Rosie’s Ideas’ A workshop to trigger those writing ideas. Deadline for Love Story and entries for Anthology –Best Bits?? |
25 April 2011 | Easter Monday –No Meeting |
2 May 2011 | May Bank Holiday – No Meeting |
9 May 2011 | Manuscript Night Bring Entries for Love Story (Up to 1500 words on theme of "Awakening") Bring Overdue Anthoogy Entries |
16 May 2011 | Flash Fiction Competition: Up to 250 words on theme of 'Dirt' Give your story a title other than Dirt. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to three Judging on the night. |
23 May 2011 | Manuscript Night |
30 May 2011 | Spring Bank Holiday – No Meeting |
6 June 2011 | Flash Fiction Competition: Up to 100 words on theme of 'Lost' Give your story a title other than 'Lost'. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to three different entries per person Judging on the night. |
13 June 2011 | Manuscript Night Love Story Competition Results |
20 June 2011 | Manuscript Night |
27 June 2011 | Social Evening - bring drinks and nibbles and alert brains for quiz Last meeting for handing in Watford Area Arts Forum/Watford Writers competition entries |
4th July 2011 | On Independence Day, our very own Miss Independence, freelance journalist Rosy Moorhead, will bulid on her previous Ideas Workshop. This time, how to expand our ideas into magazine articles |
11 July 2011 | Manuscript night – Hatch the Hatch It –or similar |
18 July 2011 | 'Collaborative Writing' Linda Spurr, our favourite Creative Writing Tutor, will run a workshop on what makes a successful writing partnership. |
25 July 2011 | Manuscript Night |
1 August 2011 | Manuscript Night |
8 August 2011 | Flash Fiction - up to 300 words on theme of newborn or new born. Give your story a title other than 'New Born'. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to two different entries per person Judging on the night. |
15 August 2011 | No Meeting - We have a winner at Swanwick Summer School! |
22 August 2011 | Manuscript Night |
29 August 2011 | Summer Bank Holiday - No Meeting |
5 September 2011 | Join us for a glass of wine and the results of the Blue Door story competition in association with our friends at Watford Area Arts Forum. Feedback on the entries will be given by our esteemed judges Grelle White and Leigh Russell, and the eagerly awaited results of the competition will be announced. Who will win the cup and have their story published in the WAAF magazine? |
12 September 2011 | A talk by Anna May Mangan - the evening will include Anna May's tale of writing, getting published, and her blog. She will also be signing copies of her book 'Me and Mine' - a warm-hearted memoir of a London Irish Family. Enries for Harrow/Watford Joint Short Story Competition are due today. 'A story based on an overheard conversation, up to 1200 words" Results Night at Harrow Arts Centre 13th October |
19 September 2011 | Select Harrow Stories for Joint Competition Final |
26 September 2011 | Manuscript Night Fact Facts Competition Entries due |
3 October 2011 | Flash Fiction Competition: Up to 400words on theme of 'Banality' Give your story a title other than Banality. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to three Judging on the night. Set Theme for Writer’s Block Competition |
10 October 2011 | Manuscript Night |
17 October 2011 | "In the Beginning" Bring along two examples of the best openings of novels you have read for discussion about what makes them work and why you want to keep reading. See Competition Section for Writers' Block Competition Details Check out the bools our members recommended |
24 October 2011 | Fancy Facts Results revealed by Alan Jamieson ( Writer and ex-publisher) |
31 October 2011 | Halloween- Social Night. Bring along your ghost stories, poems, cauldrons and potions. |
7 November 2011 | Manuscript Night National Short Story Week 7th-13th November www.nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk |
14 November 2011 | Manuscript Night |
21 November 2011 | Flash Fiction Up to 400words on theme of 'Take Off' Give your story a title other than 'Take Off'. Bring three copies Entry fee £1 per entry, up to three Judging on the night. |
28 November 2011 | Manuscript Night |
5 December 2011 | Manuscript Night |
12 December 2011 | Mini-Pantomime Night Bring along your 5-10 minute festive plays, with enough scripts for your actors, who will be your choice on the night. |
19 December 2011 | Christmas Social at Essex Arms - 7.00 pm Final payments to Mary Crowner ASAP |
