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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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“All I knew when I joined up with The Writers Bureau is that I'd always wanted to write and never had the nerve to start. I've been an avid reader from an early age, and 'being a published writer' seemed like an unobtainable dream. The Writers Bureau opened my eyes to possibilities that I'd never considered before - writing for magazines, pitching for non-fiction books, and researching the writing industry. On the 18th April 2019, my memoir On the Line - Life and Death in the Metropolitan Police was published in paperback by Two Roads Books.” Alice Vinten - Writers Bureau Student of the Year 2020 |
"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
