EZINE
As ever, submissions for the quarterly ezine are needed in all categories. If you've got something to say, write it down and send it in!
Here's the timetable:
March 9th Last date for submissions to be received by email to wordplayezine@mail.com. These will then be collated and sent to the hosts to do their bit.
March 16th Hosts to send their completed sections back to Ian
March 19th Formatting etc
March 26th Publication
FORUM
We held February forum at the Emerald Isle, La Florida on Monday 13th.
News:
- Ian said a few words about the Birthday bash, and was able to present the (joint) Member of the Year award to Georgia Varjas who had been absent on the night. Other award winners were:
WordPlay Open Mic Prose Champion 2011: Evie Barton
WordPlay Open Mic Poetry Champion 2011: Margaret Rowland
WordPlay Competition Judge of the Year: Yvonne Diamond
Most Improved Writer: Kathy Rollinson
Member of the Year: Michelle Edwards
- Barnes and Noble have taken the decision to stop displaying Amazon published books on their bookshelfs
- London Book Fair is at Earls Court on 16th to 18th April. Further info here: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/
- Our new Facebook page is here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/243107339094353/ Why not join the group and invite your friends? We want this to be an open forum for all things writing, and will be using it to help promote the group and its members' work
- Precinct 25: Stories have started to come through to Michael, who will start collating what he's got and set a meeting date for the next Precinct 25 get together. Emails will be winging their way to the P25 writers!otagonists
Georgia asked if members and readers of the Ezine could send in their thoughts on what they would like to see in the poetry section to wordplayenquiries@mail.com so that she can ensure that it meets needs. We think this is a great idea, and want to ask for comments band suggestions on the whole Ezine, not just the poetry section. So get your thinking hats on, and send in those suggestions!
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Our latest workshop was held after the Forum, and covered Themes and Inspiration, Genre, Planning and Structure, Point of View, and Strong Opening
The next workshop is to be held on Monday March 10th, at 1:30pm in the Emerald Isle, and will cover Character, Conflict, Protagonists and Antagonists, Situation and Circumstance, Plot Development, and Denouement.
If you want to come along, email us at wordplayenquiries@mail.com for more information.
OPEN MIC
The next Open Mic night at Chadwicks, Villamartin, is to be held on April 24th at 7:30pm.
Competition theme for the night is '3 Random Words', and the words to be used in your piece - poetry or prose - are:
Purple, Blacksmith, Dusk
Entries to be sent to wordplaycompetitions@mail.com by Friday April 20th.
