On the last Thursday of each month in our Theatre
Doors open 7.00pm - readings 7.30-9pm
£3 on the evening
Why not pop in and join this friendly group of writers who will be reading their work, including poetry, short stories and life writing? Share your own creative writing, chat about your ideas and inspirations with like-minded people, or just sit back and listen while you sip a glass of wine or a coffee.
On sale will be Graffiti, a quarterly magazine aimed at writers in the Cotswolds. Find out what other people are writing about, put forward your own contribution, or enter the competitions. Graffiti costs £2 on the evening or is available by post (£2.50 including postage) from 33 Sandford Leaze, Avening, Glos GL8 8PB
2010 speakers include:
Mar 25th children's author Jenny Jones
April 29th the Blue Gate Poets from Swindon
May 27th poet Nigel McLoughlin
See an invitation to a Writing Events Bath workshop on our BUZZ 'other opportunities' page.
Opportunities
Budding Poets
Join in our Love Poetry Slam at the New Brewery Arts Theatre from 8pm on Friday, 19 February. Up-and-coming poets who fancy taking part in a bid to seduce the applaudience, please contact Marcus Moore on 01285 640470 or email info@spiel.wanadoo.co.uk
Bridport Prize 2010
Prizes
Poems £5000
Short stories £5000
Flash fiction £1000
Closing date: 30 June 2010
Find out more and enter online at www.bridportprize.org.uk
Bookbite
BookBite is designed to appeal to people aged over 60 who are interested in writing. Developed by Booktrust in partnership with WRVS & UK online centres, the BookBite website provides resources including short stories, poetry, book reviews and competitions. Have a look at www.bookbite.org.uk for more info.
Opportunity for aspiring authors and poets
Submit your short story to Authortrek, and you could be named the Authortrek Writer of the Month!
Once you have registered on the site, you can post your story. Registration is free. Indeed, access to the whole of Authortrek Short Stories is free.
Each short story will have a voting button. So, once you have finished posting your story, forward the story link to your friends and ask them to read and vote for your story if they like it (i.e., don't be shy!) The winning author will be named the Authortrek Writer of the Month.
You can also earn some money for your writing - if your story gets over 30 votes, then you will be asked to participate in our new scheme to publish short stories in an anthology, a free copy of which will be sent to each successful author. If your story gets over 100 votes, then we will invite you to submit a novel to us, which we will then publish as a paperback, and the author will be paid 50% of the profits from the paperback in royalties. However, the editor Kevin Mahoney still reserves the right to reject any novel submission if he feels that it does not fit Punked Books' list, and also reserves the right to source novels from elsewhere.
More information on http://authortrek.com/short-stories/
Poets please see http://www.authortrek.com/the_authortrek_interview_page.html
