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21st Birthday Competition Winners
The winner of prize draw to win a laptop: Eileen Murray
October Winner
My bicycle wobbled when the spectre slithered out of dark fog and wrapped phantom arms tightly around my waist. Screaming and shaking with terror I pedalled faster; desperate to dislodge my hideous passenger. I needed light. My mobile rang and lit up. Light! The spectre moaned miserably and slithered away.
September Winner
Treasure Hunt: I Love The Writers Bureau
Beverley Eaves
August Winner
Write a book pitch
Rita Elliot
Marley Brown has three problems:
her flat is too small,
her debt is too big,
and the stranger with the gun says
he really needs her help.
July Winner
Write the two opening sentences for a travel article
Lorna D'Alton
Zululand - "At another time the dramatic red and gold of the African sunset spilling over the hills of Zululand would have been awe-inspiring, but right now it was merely background. A Sangoma, adorned with shells, beads and goat skins, was about to throw the bones and connect me to my ancestors."
June Winner
Come up with the first line of a novel
Puneet Madhok
"Where I come from," said Zakir Ali, "it's the girl's horoscope we see and not her face."
May Winner
Write a caption for the following photograph.
Jo Hughes
"He had asked for a root and branch review of their IT system, but this was not what he expected. "
Image courtesty of Johannes Hjorth
April Winner
Prepare a Twitter Review
Nicola Lowes
Review of Chichester Writers Circle in West Sussex:
"Chichester Writers' Circle or Liquorice Allsorts? Various oddly assorted characters making a sweet, tantalizing treat. Inspiration promised!"
March Winner
Find a writing glitch
Anthea Johnston
"Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands" (Church newsletter)
February Winner
Write a headline
Allwell Okpi
"Learn to write and earn for life"
January Winner
Write a poem in 21 words
Su Hughes from Devon
Grandma Ruby
This I remember:
you served potted shrimp spread
on potted dreams
in your white bread buttered
geranium cluttered
busy-lizzie life.
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“I began my first Writers Bureau course (Comprehensive Creative Writing) in 2007. Having more than covered the course fees from published pieces I have never looked back. Initially my ambitions were to get going. I knew I wanted to be a writer, I just didn’t know how to go about it, or, if I’m honest, quite what I wanted to write. Since, I have gradually blended a teaching career with writing, first with articles and short stories, then increasing the writing commitment dramatically when I secured an agent in 2016 to ghostwrite a series of memoirs. This year I have undertaken The Art of Writing Poetry course to really hone my skills in what I now realise is a genre I love - and have already had my first poems published.” Theresa Gooda - Writers Bureau Student of the Year 2021 |
"Since starting The Art of Writing Poetry course, I have been published many times under my pen name Sarah James, won competitions and made money."
Sarah Leavesley
"I was so excited about the immense potential of the Internet that I enrolled for yet another Writers Bureau course, ‘Writing for the Internet'."
Noel Gama
"The course has helped me write a story that evokes strong emotions; the constructive but motivational feedback I received from The Writers Bureau has helped me knock down the barriers to self-doubt. Recently, I held my first book launch where I talked about how and why I wrote my story."
Gillian Atack
"My short-term intention is to continue combining writing for newspapers and magazines with my current job. I'm enjoying my writing 'sideline' but I may find as time goes on that I want to make the transition to full-time writer."
Cathal Coyle
