BANK STREET WRITERS
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BANK STREET WRITERS
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WHO ARE WE?
- - - STOP PRESS! COMPETITION DEADLINE 1 MAY! SEE BELOW! - - -
A group of writers who meet once a month in the centre of Bolton, Lancashire (UK) for readings, discussions, workshops and visits.
Members' interests include poetry, fiction, scriptwriting, factual writing - in fact, almost everything you can do with the written word!
Newcomers are always welcome at our informal meetings, and there's no commitment to join - but if you do, you'll also receive our regular Newsletter.
We run occasional COMPETITIONS for poetry and short stories (see below for details of the 2008 competition!).
We also publish a twice-yearly magazine, CURRENT ACCOUNTS - follow the link at the foot of this page.
More information from: Rod Riesco, Secretary, Bank Street Writers, 16-18 Mill Lane, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6AT, England.
Email: bswscribe@aol.com
N.B. In case you wondered, the little picture above shows Crompton's Mule, another example of creativity from Bolton.
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
All meetings at Bank Street Unitarian Chapel,
Crown Street, Bolton
1.45 - 4.00 pm
Wednesday 7 May 2008:
A workshop on improving your reading and performance skills, using excerpts from plays - as a preparation for writing your own dramatic dialogues.
This session will be led by
Jolyon Coombs.
Wednesday 4 June 2008:
Performing dialogues written for the May assignment (Jolyon Coombs)
Wednesday 2 July 2008:
Workshop on crime fiction (presented by Anne Ginty)
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ASSIGNMENT
For the May meeting: write a poem in 5 - 6 stanzas. It must have a specific rhyme scheme as follows:
Line 1 of Stanza 1 rhymes with Line 1 of each stanza following.
Line 2 must not rhyme with line 1 but all the second lines must rhyme with each other.
This continues for the other lines of the stanzas.
I.e. a rhyme scheme of a b c d/ a b c d/ a b c d/ etc.
Your poem can be on any subject.
Bring it to the May meeting for reading and review.
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IF YOU READ THIS IN APRIL, THERE IS STILL TIME TO ENTER!
Bank Street Writers
COMPETITION 2008
for poetry
Poems: up to 40 lines, any subject and style.
Judge: Linda Chase
Linda Chase is an American poet, living in Manchester, who teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University and runs Poets and Players. Publications - These Goodbyes, Fatchance Press, 1995; with Carcanet - The Wedding Spy, 2001 and Extended Family, 2006
Cash Prizes: 1st prize, £70; 2nd, £40; 3rd, £25.
Plus: Sweetens Bookshop Prize: £30.00 book token for the best poem by a local author (from Bolton & Bury)
All winning entries will be published in the internationally circulating "Current Accounts" magazine and will be considered for inclusion in the new "Bolton Anthology". Some commended entries may also be published at the editors' discretion.
A free copy of "Current Accounts" will be sent to each entrant whose work is published.
Send your poems, fees and entry forms to:
Bank Street Writers Competition 2008,
c/o Jolyon Coombs, 37, Carslake Avenue, Bolton BL1 4BT
Closing Date: 1st May 2008
CONDITIONS:
* Poems must be in English, must be unpublished, and must not have won a prize in any other competition.
* They must be typed or word-processed, with the title at the top of the first page, but the entrant's name must not appear on the poem itself.
* A completed entry form must be enclosed with each entry or set of entries.
* Entry fees: £3.00 sterling for the first entry, £2.00 for each subsequent entry by the same person. (Cheques payable to "Bank Street Writers".)
Winners will be notified by 1st June 2008 Winning entries and selected commended entries will be published in "Current Accounts" magazine in Autumn, 2008
No person may receive more than one prize. The judges' decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Manuscripts will not be returned - please keep a copy.
Entrants whose post code begins with "BL" are eligible for the "local author" prize.
Please enclose an s.a.e. marked "R" if you wish to receive details of the results.
Many thanks to our sponsor, Sweetens Bookshop, Bolton .
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ENTRY FORM
To: Bank Street Writers Competition 2008,
c/o Jolyon Coombs, 37, Carslake Avenue, Bolton, BL1 4BT
NAME:........................................................................
ADDRESS:.................................................................
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I wish to enter the Bank Street Writers Competition 2008 and enclose £............ payable to "Bank Street Writers" (£3.00 for the first entry, £2.00 for each subsequent entry).
I accept the Conditions of the Competition.
POEMS:
TITLES:
1) ........................................
2) ........................................
3) ........................................
4) ........................................
(continue overleaf if necessary)
This form may be photocopied if required
Please ensure that you have completed all necessary sections!
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