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More Exciting Poetry News!

Posted on March 12, 2021 by thehaywriters

We are thrilled to congratulate our recent judge for the 2020 Frances Copping Memorial Prize for Fiction, Kandace Siobhan Walker, who was named winner of The White Review Poet’s Prize 2020/21. Her wining poetry portfolio was judged by Jay Bernard, … Continue reading →

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Poem from Jean O’Donoghue – Poetry Competition 3 weeks to go!

Posted on February 24, 2021 by thehaywriters

From the Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition archives. The 2017 winning poem as judged by Christopher Meredith. Remembrance by Jean O’Donoghue I’ll slide between them breathing frost and consternation Mondays and Thursdays other nights I’ll place grit within soft folds … Continue reading →

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THE 2020 RICHARD BOOTH MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION – Submissions Invited.

Posted on June 8, 2020 by thehaywriters

THE 2020 RICHARD BOOTH MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION This is an annual non-fiction competition, open to members and non-members of Hay Writers’ Circle. Pieces of 600-1500 words on any non-fiction theme are accepted. Prizes are awarded for first, second and … Continue reading →

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Kate Noakes Announced As Poetry Competition Judge 2020

Posted on January 6, 2020 by thehaywriters

Hay Writers’ Circle are excited to announce that the superb Kate Noakes has agreed to judge our 2020 Poetry Competition. Kate Noakes is a prize-winning and widely published poet who set up Boomslang Poetry to facilitate poetry readings and workshops in the UK. More about Kate in … Continue reading →

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Hay Writers’ in Hay Library – Celebrating 40 years

Posted on August 18, 2019 by thehaywriters

This year Hay Writers’ Circle celebrates an incredible 40 years of writing together. Started and still presided over by our President, Frances Copping, our group has enjoyed a lively variety of talented members since its 1979 inception. As part of … Continue reading →

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Why join a writers’ group?

Posted on May 27, 2019 by thehaywriters

Why join a writers’ group? by Marianne Rosen As Hay Festival gets underway and the summer line up of literary festivals spread their temptations before us, there will be many aspiring writers as well as readers traipsing the lawned hallways … Continue reading →

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New Poet Laureate & Poetry Winners

Posted on May 20, 2019 by thehaywriters

New Poet Laureate Chosen We are absolutely delighted to congratulate Simon Armitage on his appointment as Poet Laureate. Many of us Hay Writers have long admired his written work (heaving book shelves with signed copies are a testament to this), … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 40 Years of Writing Together.

Posted on March 3, 2019 by thehaywriters

The Hay Writers’ Circle celebrates forty years of writing together. In 1979 our founder, Frances Copping, had moved to Hay from Wimbledon and wanted to find a writers’ group. Failing to do so she decided to start one herself … Continue reading →

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“Some years’ ago, a friend told me this rather strange tale…” by Ann Riviere

Posted on February 3, 2019 by thehaywriters

Long time Hay Writers’ Circle member, Ann Riviere pens an illusive short story for January 2019. Some years’ ago, a friend told me this rather strange tale. She told me it was true, but I wonder? “It was a bitterly … Continue reading →

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Jean O’Donoghue’s “Big Issue” a Gripping Gothic Tale Of Our Times.

Posted on December 5, 2018 by thehaywriters

BIG ISSUE by Jean O’Donoghue An Epigraph Dear Reader I am setting down this tale for you, exactly as it was told to me. My name is Canon Archibald Stanley and I am a retired Rural Dean from Kent. I … Continue reading →

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