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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.
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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