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CHANGE OF DATE
2010 Conference: 25th - 27th June
Weeklong Workshops: 28th June - 2nd July


'mind-opening, refreshing, fun, friendly, inspiring, simply the best'

Honorary Patrons
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Baroness James
Jacqueline Wilson OBE
Maureen Lipman
Colin Dexter OBE



Thank you for your submissions for the Writing Competitions, a valued part of the 29th Winchester Writers' Conference, Festival and Bookfair.


Our website is now updated to include photos of the conference, the names of the winners and highly commended writers of all the sixteen writing competitions held at the 29th Winchester Writers' Conference.

Forthcoming events have been posted, which include a spendid day course, How to Self-Publish Your Book, on Friday, May 7th, 2010 and Friday September 17th 2010 in the boardroom of CPI Antony Rowe Limited, Chippenham, one of the UK's largest book production specialists. Not only will we consider the editorial content, the extant pages and the layout of your book, but also we will take a tour through the factory floor to illustrate the various options of book size, binding, colour and covers now available either digitally or by using the lithographic process. To give everyone the attention they deserve, numbers are limited to eight writers per session.

In April, 2010, we are planning The Great Novel Workshop in Mallorca. Email me for details.

Each year, The Friends of the Winchester Writers' Conference award the Friends' Silver Salver to a writer who has overcome personal difficulties and continues to write toward their personal goal of excellence. This year, Ann Elliott received this tribute. We congratulate her warmly.

The draw for the Free Hilary Johnson Professional Manuscript Appraisal was won by Tracy Warren.

The draw for the Editorial Breakfast with Lorella Belli at the Electric Brasserie in Notting Hill, London was won by Jenny Knowles. Both are now preparing their work. We wish them well.

The Winchester Writers' Conference Raffle drawn at the Awards Dinner was won by a highly delighted delegate. Her prize will be a free place on the Saturday conference at the Big 30th Winchester Writers' Conference.

Twelve delegates won books generously provided by Little Brown and Pan MacMillan. If you, your company, or someone you know would like to make a donation or a grant to the 2010 conference or to the raffle, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Congratulations are also sent to Paul Davies, an English Teacher at Peter Symonds Sixth Form College, the winner of the 'Revenge is Sweet' Short Story competition, sponsored by The Hampshire Chronicle and adjudicated by Dr. Gary Farnell, Faculty of Arts, University of Winchester. Paul enjoyed the Saturday programme at the conference as his prize.

Already we're planning our Big 30th Winchester Writers' Conference to celebrate this unique international Festival of Writing on the weekend of 2 - 4 July, 2010, preceded by the In-Depth Writing Workshops 28th June -2nd July, 2010. We hope you will circle those dates NOW, plan to be with us again and let your writing friends know about us.

For now, I wish you continued success with your writing. I look forward immensely to hearing your writing news and to welcoming you to our next events.



Barbara Large MBE FRSA HFUW
barbara.large@winchester.ac.uk

Founder-Director Winchester Writers' Conference
To read more about Barbara Large, please click here

The 2009 Conference Programme is available here
please note the terms and conditions on page 32 of the Conference Programme when applying


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