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Writer of the Year 2007
The prizes for the Writer of the Year Award were presented at the Write Well Festival on Saturday 29th September at Penicuik Town Hall by Colin Will, Chair of Tyne and Esk Writers and Debbie Miller, the Creative Writing Co-ordinator for the groups.
The awards were sponsored by Kesley’s Bookshop of Haddington with the donation of book tokens as prizes and by Glass Artist, Alison Kinnaird, from Temple who donated a fabulous “Writer of the Year” trophy.
The competition for the award took place earlier this year and around 100 entries were received for the competition.
First prize in the prose category went to Pippa Goldschmidt for Half a Life, with the following East Lothian writers receiving highly commended awards: Anne Marie Allen for her story Choices and Shiona Liddle for Slippery Whore.
First prize in the poetry category went to Jo Gibson for her poem A Void, Anna Dickie for her poem Pattern Repeat, and Angus Binnie for his poem The Last Horsemen.
The overall Writer of the Year Award went to John Arthur from Midlothian.
Photos of East Lothian Winners: left to right Jo Gibson, Pippa Goldschmidt, Anne Marie Allen and Angus Binnie.
There are currently five writing groups in East Lothian. Attendance is open to all and free of charge. Please feel free to turn up at any of the meetings. The fifth group meets in Dunbar Library and is organised by poet Colin Will.
If you would like any further information on our writing groups, please contact Alison Hunter at Library Headquarters or Tyne & Esk Writers Group at: www.tyne-esk-writers.com
Details of the groups are as follows:
| Group |
Venue |
Day |
Time |
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| Dunbar |
Dunbar Library |
Thursday |
7.30pm |
fortnightly |
| Haddington |
Haddington Library |
Tuesday |
7.30pm |
fortnightly |
| Musselburgh |
Brunton Hall |
Tuesday |
7pm |
weekly |
| North Berwick |
North Berwick Library |
Thursday |
7.30pm |
monthly |
| Port Seton |
Port Seton Library |
Wednesday |
7.30pm |
fortnightly |
All the writing groups, together with writing groups in Midlothian are affiliated to an umbrella group Tyne and Esk Writers. Tyne and Esk Writers produce a literary magazine Broadside (on sale in all East Lothian libraries), organise reading events and offer a Roadshow.
Useful Websites
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Writers Grants – contact the Scottish Arts Council for details of funding opportunities open to new and existing writers.
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Get Writing – ideas on how to get started in short story writing and an opportunity to meet writers online.
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Wordup.co.uk – details of festivals, groups, awards and directory.
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