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Newsflash
Mandy Pannett and David Slade were asked to represent Slipstream Poets by perfoming some of their work at the annual SWAG (Sunny Worthing Arts Group) Festival Awards which this year used Oscar Wilde as the theme for a cross section of entries in the various categories. The evening was entitled 'The Oscar Oscars' Rose Bray secured a 2nd prize in the Short Story for Children section with her 'The Giantess Who Had No Friends' and Mandy Pannett secured a 3rd prize in the Adult's Poetry Section with her 'Birdling' the latter also being performed live in the presentation section of the evening.
The Advanced Workshop Program has been updated to re-arrange the leaders in September and October and the September content has now changed.
Brigid Sayers has had a collection called 'Bittersweet' published by Searle Publishing. Details can be found on the publishers web site.
Brigid is also organising a haiku competition in aid of great Ormond Street Hospital. Entries of three poems are £2.00 (cheques payable to GOS) and should be sent to her at 'Lorienwood', The Ride, Ifold, West Sussex RH14 0TQ.
She also has a collection of haiku entitled '100 Moments to Mediate' at £3.50 for the same cause if anyone would like one.
News reaches us that Diana Mitchener has been awarded 1st Prize in Leaf Books Memoir Writing Competition.
In addition David Slade has had a themed short story 'Coming Close' given a 'Highly Commended' and a 'Commended' Open Poem - 'The Holiday Angel' in the Annual Age UK West Sussex Literary Competition
Mandy Pannett has had a complete work - 'The Carvers Mark' published by Transparent Words. Go to her Members Page and click on her publications or go straight to http://www.poetrykit.org/pkl/TW14.pdf
2010 Competition results
The Open and the West Sussex Competitions winning poems with judges reports are now posted - Go to Competitions Page for full details.
2010 Ursula Kiernan Memorial Childrens Poetry Competition.
The winner, runner up and the commended poems are now posted - Go to the Competitions Page for full details.
Showcase Afternoon
Joyce Elsdon presented the Chanctonbury Cup to Jean Harvey for the best West Sussex poem in the 2010 competition at the annual presentation afternoon held once again at Pulborough Village Hall on Saturday April 21st.
Jean was invited to read a selection of her work including the winning poem and many of those whose poems were commended were also invited to read their entries.
Father Paul Welch from Pulborough Church presented the prize to the winner of the Schools Competition, Kelsey Cox, who then read her poem.
Showcases of work by Slipstream Poets & Chanctonbury Writers were also read and music interludes were provided by 'Rattlebag' and by Paul Ward.
This second Showcase afternoon was much enjoyed by over 60 people and, whilst seats were at a premium, a great atmosphere prevailed throughout and the refreshments that followed were greatly appreciated.
Another successful event and much to look forward to next year.
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