The 4th Annual Ted Walters International Short Story, Poetry and Playwriting Competition 2010
Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning
Associated Group Members
Of
The National Association of Writers’ Groups
Announcement of results of all winners; runners-up;
third placed, and short listed
(Sunday 1st August 2010)
For
‘The 4th Annual Ted Walters International Short Story, Poetry and Playwriting Competition 2010’
Short Story Results:
Winner: ‘All the way to Heaven’ Jan Bengree, Chester. Cheshire.
Runner Up: ‘Priorities’ Richard Gibney, Dublin. Republic of Ireland.
Third Placed: ‘And his spit was black’ Dr D Bruton, West Linton. Scotland.
Short Listed for the Short Story Section:
‘Fair Game’ Andrew Dutton. Derbyshire.
‘The Doll’ Pam Gibney, Andover. Hampshire.
‘Black Crow Day’ Ruth Mitchell-Davidson, Algarve. Portugal.
‘Half Empty’ Catherine Young. London.
‘Fitter, Happier’ Steve Bishop, Moseley. Birmingham.
‘Journey to Everywhere’ Joanna Campbell, Bisley Gloucestershire.
‘A Pious Woman’ Dennis Lewis, Bridgend. South Wales.
Poetry Results:
Winner: ‘See Saw’ Roberto Rodriguez, Macclesfield. Cheshire.
Runner-Up: ‘More Spiritual than Religious’ Catherine Evans, Birkenhead. Wirral.
Third Placed: ‘Mottoes on sundials’ Mandy Pannet, Pulborough. West Sussex.
Short Listed for the Poetry Section:
‘A Photograph of my mother visiting a Seismic crew’ Rona Laycock. Gloucestershire.
‘Downhill’ E.K.Wall. Bristol.
‘Digging’ Simone Mansell-Broome, Llanysul. South Wales.
‘A Great Goal’ Deborah Harvey. Bristol.
‘Crosby Sands’ Ellis Lloyd, Lymm. Cheshire.
‘Yeats Exhibition’ John Davis. Liverpool.
‘The Old Woman Dreams’ Isobel Thrilling, Romford. Essex.
‘On This Full Pub’ David Woods, Formby. Merseyside.
Playwriting Results:
Winner: ‘Temptation’ Steven Bailey. Liverpool.
Runner-Up: ‘Why Are You Still Here’ Dr Anderson Bloomfield, Chipping Norton. Oxon.
Third Placed: ‘The Sailor home from the Sea’ Peter Harrison, Altringham. Cheshire.
Short Listed for the Playwriting Section:
‘The Code Red Conspiracy’ Dr Philip Leeson. Liverpool.
‘Billy’s Coming Home’ Ann MacClaren, Ross-Shire. Scotland.
‘Cathy’s War’ Claire Booker. London.
‘Different Worlds’ Brian Webster, Rotherham. South Yorkshire.
‘Cleaners’ Rob Payne, Southport. Merseyside.
‘In The Net’ Michael Law, St Albans. Hertfordshire.
Group Short Story Winner:
‘Escorted’ Pam Bailey-Philburn, Fairfield. Liverpool.
The 4th Annual Ted Walters International Short Story, Poetry and Playwriting Competition 2010.
Was very kindly sponsored by
  
www.britwriters.co.uk
Tommy McBride:
Group Secretary/ Founder Member,
The University of Liverpool Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning.
thomas.mcbride2@sky.com
Group News and Information: Monday 31st May 2010
Dear Group Members and Friends,
It really does seem like an age and four or even five seasons have passed since I last wrote to you all, I am hopefully on the mend again now thanks to God and a brilliant Scottish heart surgeon called Mr Morrison from Liverpool's Broadgreen Hospital.
I would like to sincerely thank all of you for your words of support, phone calls, emails and cards throughout my recent illnesses, you are a wonderful lot of sensitive human beings and I really appreciate the kindness shown by you all. Thank You Everyone! It was great to have my beautiful granddaughter Cameron Frances staying with me again over the weekend, even if she does demand all my attention all of the time.
I hope you are all as well as can possibly be, and keeping yourselves busy writing your television and theatre scripts, or your poetry anthologies, and either some new songs or your bestselling novels. I myself am going to write an article about Doctors, Ceilings and Needles, which contains a first hand insight into hospitals, ambulances, ceilings of corridors and emergency operating theatres, critical care wards and hospital food.
Summer Writing Group Meetings
The good news is that our first writing group meeting back will be on Tuesday evening, on the 8th June 2010; (Just eight days from now) when we will all reconvene again in the back room of The Vernon Arms Hotel in Dale Street, Liverpool City Centre. The exercise for you to test yourself to write something about is ‘The Dawn of a New Day’, you could of course read into this whatever way you want or desire to, use your cleverly honed skills and be creative writers again. We will have some new group members attending our first writing group meeting at The Vernon Arms, and I know you will make them all feel very welcome and at home.
The following message to me below is an open invitation to all of you to attend a ‘Green Panto’ that is being put on by Black Box Entertainments, who has kindly helped me recently by circulating our 4th Annual Ted Walters International Writing Competition 2010 entry forms and posters. I have booked six tickets for the show so far, I will be using one of them, and there are five more left over for anyone else who wants one, so will you kindly let me know as soon as possible and I will reserve a ticket for you. If we need any more I can order them straight away, so please let me know quickly.
Invitation to all of our Group Members and Friends
Black Box Entertainment: Merseyside
Presents
‘The Green Panto’
Hi Tommy,
sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the information about your writing competition; I have passed it on to some of my creative friends. The Green Panto is taking place at 21 Hutchinson Walk, Kensington. L6 1JW at 7pm on Friday 11th June. It is a family show, full of comedy, puppetry, music and really good theatre.
It would be lovely to see you again with all of your fellow writers at the event, along with their families. We have a very limited capacity (just 40 seats) so would encourage you to call and book a seat sooner rather than later.
Many thanks, Ellie.
Group Treasurer and Competition Judge
I have been keeping a weekly contact with both our group treasurer Pam, and Linda, concerning Ted’s international competition and group affairs etc, I called in to see both Pam, and Linda, on Saturday afternoon, taking incoming cheques to Pam, and Ted’s competition entries over to Linda, and generally keeping them up to date with competition news. As you are all aware the competition has now been extended until the 30th June, due to Pam’s most unfortunate accident, and my own recent heart problems.
Pam was feeling a bit low which was totally understandable under the circumstances, with having to wear her neck brace every single day for quite some time now, and putting up with another neglected broken bone in her foot that the hospital missed at the time of her accident.
Linda has been extremely busy networking and spreading the word about our own creative writing group and Ted’s competition wherever and whenever she can. Thank you and well done Linda, and well done to Pam's husband Eddie too for taking excellent care of Pam throughout her incapacity, we all realise what a great job you are doing of caring for her, especially as you have not been well yourself lately.
I can tell you all that Ted’s competition is picking up a very healthy momentum now after a slowish start, so please don’t miss out on entering it yourself. I previously said in one of my emails, you have just as much a chance of winning or being placed in the competition as everyone else has who enters throughout the world, and there has been a good international response again so far with many more on the way, so get writing people. I have attached both sides of Ted's competition entry form for you all with the extended deadline of 30th June 2010; good luck to you all.
Important Message from our competition judge Linda…
Can I please remind our group members that I urgently need material for the website that I am currently in the process of building for you; our group members. I haven't had any responses yet. It doesn't have to be written work - it can be profiles, or any information about where you've performed - or what you have had published etc. I would appreciate a good response from group members please, you can send me your contributions either via email: linda.houlton@tesco.net or pass them to me at our next group meeting on the 8th June at The Vernon Arms Hotel in Dale Street, Liverpool. Many thanks! Linda.
Pablo Picasso's Peace and Freedom Exhibition
(1881-1973)
Currently being held at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool
From
May 21st until August 30th
I know some or even all of you may well be interested in visiting this wonderful exhibition of the world renowned Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, who spent most of his life in France, and whose paintings often gave reference to him being a tireless political activist and campaigner for peace. Including historical moments, chronicling human conflict and war, through his strong desire for peace.
World Cup Flyer for all of our Male Group Members
I have attached a world cup flyer for you all from one of our frightened male members, who has stressed to me that he wishes to remain strictly anonymous for his own health's sake, and promised me that he has absolutely no intentions of upsetting any of our outspoken female members of our group at all. Unfortunately because of my binding promise to him I am sworn to secrecy, and like a Catholic Priest taking confession I shall not reveal my source of identity to anyone for any price; but I have got a sweet tooth!
Ladies please don't read it if you are easily offended!!!
That's all for now everyone, take very good care of yourselves, and I am really looking forward to meeting up with you all again on Tuesday 8th June at The Vernon Arms Hotel from 7pm until 9pm: God willing!
Tommy.
Slán go fóill (Stay safe until we meet again.)
Kind Regards
Tommy McBride:
Group Secretary / Founder Member.
The University of Liverpool Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning
Tel: 0151 291 6942
thomas.mcbride2@sky.com |
