We are a long established Writers Circle based in Felixstowe, Suffolk. This Weblog will be about us, Writing, Writing Competitions, Writing in Felixstowe, life and generally what we are up to as a Group and individuals and what interests us.
We are based in Felixstowe but our membership comes both from a wide area within Suffolk and we also have many 'online' members from around the UK, Europe and the US.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Please note our New! contact address is scribblers@btinternet.com . Please note all previous email addresses are now defunct.
Monday, January 04, 2010
2010 Programme
Until we are able to repair the link on the sidebar of this weblog, the information shown in that section is subject to updating.
Please note there is no phone contact with our group, instead all communications should be made by email to scribblers@btinternet.com.
Our 2010 programme of meetings is shown here:
FELIXSTOWE SCRIBBLERS 2010 PROGRAMME All meetings at Felixstowe Library Start 7.30 pm and finish by 10.00 pm.
January 5 AGM 19 Meeting February 2 Meeting 16 Meeting March 2 Meeting 16 Creative writing exercise April 6 Meeting 20 Meeting May 4 Meeting 18 Bill Budner Trophy June 1 Meeting 15 Meeting July 6 Meeting 20 Creative writing exercise August 3 Meeting 17 Meeting September 7 Meeting 21 Bill Budner Trophy October 5 Meeting 19 Torchlight Meeting November 2 Meeting 16 Meeting December 7 Meeting 21 Creative writing exercise
Here's hoping you all had lovely Christmas and that you will have a Happy and prosperous New Year.
As you know our first meeting of 2010 is our Annual General Meeting and the agenda is shown below.
FELIXSTOWE SCRIBBLERS
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7.30 PM TUESDAY 5th JANUARY 2010
FELIXSTOWE LIBRARY
THE AGENDA
1. Apologies for absence
2. In Attendance
3. Secretary's Report on 2009
4. Ratification of existing committee and or election of new officers
5. Treasurer's Report
6. Website and Weblog Report
7. Social Events
8. Structure of Meetings
9. Planning for the future
10. Publicity
11. Any Other Business
If you have any ideas or suggestions that will help to improve our meetings then please come along and discuss them.
Hope to see you at the AGM
Until then,
Keep Scribbling!
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RealDeal Theatre's next Sitcom Saturday will be held on June 12 2010 at Westminster Reference Library, 35 St. Martin's Street, London WC2H 7HP
The window for submissions will during the month of March 2010. Entries should be emailed to scripts@realdealtheatre.org.uk between Monday, March 1 and Wednesday, March 31 2010 only. No entries will be accepted outside these dates.
RealDeal Theatre is looking for six fifteen-minute sitcoms for Sitcom Saturday, a professionally-directed and acted script-in-hand rehearsed reading, open to the public, at Westminster Reference Library off Leicester Square, London. We allocate a director for each of the selected scripts and the directors then liaise with the writer(s) before a casting session, rehearsal and the performance on Saturday, June 12 2010. Entries are welcome from anywhere as long as the writers can liaise with the directors beforehand and writers must also attend the June public rehearsed reading in London.
Writers must be 16 years or older. There is no upper age limit!
******* CWC are hosting a short story writing competition that is a little unusual. The concept is to create a superhero character that will develop organically through original ideas from the writing public.
A graphic artist has already created this character and given him a set of background circumstances as a starting point. From there it is up to the entrants to create stories around this character.
A panel of CWC published authors will judge the competition and select the ten best entries.
These will then be turned in to a series of graphic short stories which will be distributed free in the greater London area.
There are a range of prizes from £100 to £10 for the prize winners.
The hope is to interest not only seasoned short story writers but also people who may not have tried writing a story before.
The competition closes on March 30th 2010 and the entrance fee per story is £4.
The January 1 issue of www.WritingRaw.com is NOW online: Writing Raw is a FREE literary ezine dedicated to new and emerging writers. Our goal at Writing Raw is simple - to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. In this world of disappearing literary magazines, Writing Raw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill.
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We’re working very hard to put together the first issue of Prole, a new type of literary magazine. We want to create a broad appeal without compromising the quality of our content.
We’re looking for submissions for our first issue in June. We are that rare thing: a paying market.
Full details about Prole and the submission process can be found on our website, www.prolebooks.co.uk
Interested? Then why not join us at one of our meetings?
We meet on the First and Third Tuesday of each month at the Felixstowe Library in Crescent Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7BY., meetings start at 7.30 pm and we endeavour to be finished by 10pm.
The New!2009 programme is:-
All meetings are held at Felixstowe Library
Start at 7.30 pm and finish by 10.00 pm.
Suggested 50 pence donation per meeting, includes tea or coffee
January
20 Bill Budner Trophy – Anonymous competition for attending writers only
24 Social meal at Castle Lodge Hotel
25 Group session with Maureen Blundell at Castle Lodge Hotel
February
3 Meeting
17 Meeting
March
3 Meeting
17 Creative writing exercise
April
7 Meeting
21 Meeting
May
5 Meeting
19 Bill Budner Trophy – Anonymous competition for attending writers only
June
2 Meeting
16 Meeting
Beach Party Social to be arranged June/July
July
7 Meeting
21 Creative writing exercise
August
4 Meeting
18 Meeting
September
1 Meeting
15 Bill Budner Trophy – Anonymous competition for attending writers only
October
6 Meeting
20 Torchlight Halloween Meeting
November
3 Meeting
17 Meeting
December
1 Meeting
15 Creative writing exercise followed by the Christmas party.
Remember, membership is FREE, so why not come along? We ask for an optional donation of 50p per meeting to help towards running costs but that does include tea or coffee and a biscuit!
New!IMPORTANT - you can help.....do you know information or content that would help other readers of the Felixstowe Scribblers Weblog?...mail us at Dave Feakes, scribblers@btinternet.com with your comments, additions and suggestions TA! The Scribblers.
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