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STOP PRESS Judge and Details Announced for Hay Writers Poetry Competition, 2023.

Posted on March 10, 2023 by thehaywriters

Submissions are now invited for our annual Poetry Competition with £100 first prize, and we are delighted to announce the judge for 2023 is the wonderful Alex Josephy. Continue reading →

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2020 Poetry Competition – Results Announced.

Posted on April 5, 2020 by thehaywriters

The winners of the 2020 Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition are: First prize – Emma van Woerkom – ‘Blackberry Seed’ Second prize – Angela Grunsell – ‘Autonomy’ Third prize – Katy Stones – ‘After him’ This year our judge … Continue reading →

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Liberation During The Lockdown and Helping Hay Festival

Posted on March 25, 2020 by thehaywriters

Article by E. C. van Woerkom. 25/03/2020. While we all adjust our daily routines in the wake of the Coronavirus’ impact on our lives; talented and industrious creative minds are blooming with ideas to fill our days with reading and … Continue reading →

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February 18th – Poetry Workshop with Lesley Saunders

Posted on February 2, 2020 by thehaywriters

***STOP PRESS*** The Deadline for The Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition 2020 is Tuesday 17th March – Results will be announced in April. All our competitions are open to non-members for a small fee and your entry will be very welcome. Info on … 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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A Truth For National Poetry Day 2019

Posted on October 3, 2019 by thehaywriters

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Book Launch at The Poetry Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye

Posted on August 31, 2019 by thehaywriters

BOOK LAUNCH A magnificent night, a full house with standing room only and a fine compliment of poets reading from Seren Book’s publication Poems from the Borders. A huge thank you to Chris and Melanie Prince who hosed the event … 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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Paul Henry To Judge 2019 Poetry Competition

Posted on February 12, 2019 by thehaywriters

The Hay Writers’ Circle 2019 Poetry Competition – Judge Announced We are delighted to confirm that the poet Paul Henry will be our judge for the 2019 Poetry Competition. Paul Henry is the author of nine books of verse. Originally a songwriter, … Continue reading →

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