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The News Box! 06/04/11 A quick note for those who notice these notices, the site is about to undergo an overhaul very soon, so please dont be thinking we are neglecting it. Also note the impeding end of the Poetry Competition! Enter while you still can! --------- 12/12/11 The Short Story Comp has been judged! Huzzah! Check the appropriate section for winners, judges nots and the chance to read some of them. --------- 29/11/11 After a bizarre error a couple of weeks ago, I have reuploaded updates to the site. Big one: The External opportunities section is updated! (including shameless publicity). Also note the 2011 Short Story comp is closed for judging. ----------- 18/08/11 Ladies and gentlemen, I am terribly lazy. In this update we have Poetry Results, Poetry Comp Announcement, Short Story Comp announcment, launch of Enter Online facilities, update of Non-Mike nights annnddd a bunch of other stuff. Enjoy! ------- 20/03/11 Proof that I get there eventually, members will be glad that the Dinner photos and the internal comp. details are now available in the Members pages! ---- 23/01/11 Wow, another new year? Where does the time go? Ok, on this update, the long awaited Short Story 2010 results and commentary, some members only news concering upcoming events and a bunch of other sundry wonderfulness. Enjoy! ----- 15/11/10 Took a while but here it all is! Results from last years poetry comp, announcement of THIS years and information about the Open-Non Mike 2010! ------ 26/10/10 Hello writer types! This page is long overdue an update and shall recieve one quite soon. For those of you peeking in for the results to the 2010 poetry competition, rest assured we havent forgotten we simply...ahem...havent got round to putting them on here yet. Things to look forward to shortly: Revised calendar, Details of The 2010 Open Non-Mike, Poetry Results and new competition, end of the short story comp.... ----- 08/06/10 Updates! Many updates! This years poetry competition has ended (awaiting results) and the Short Story competition has been launched! Members will be happy to see our Joan Nicholson comp picture and results. Hopefully. ------ 25/02/10 Whee! Its another year as we have finally noticed, so in that spirit, a new draft calendar is available in the Annual Events section. there is even a black and white printer friendly version! Fancyness! ------ 15/02/09 Hello there! Members only update here - New poetry in forum section, new photos in pictures section, new competition in new photos. Enjoy members! ------ 16/12/09 There's no news like old news, the results from our 2009 Short Story Competition are now available! Also, some of the winners have kindly allowed their stories to be sloshed about these pages, so please go enjoy. Members, you get a treat too! if you go to the Forum section, a new bit has been added containing links to our various group photo sessions, so you can laugh at yourselves all over again. -------- 3/12/09 News! There is news! News is happening now! The 2009 Short Story Comp has been judged and the results will be available soon, plus the chance to read the winners. Arent we good to you? -------- 31/10/09 Greetings all, the main notable events in this update are: The end of this years short story competition, some additions to the external opportunties section and some other minor fixes nobody will ever notice. --------- 16/09/09 - Hello Writers, Speculators and Fancy-pants Artists! This is the instigation of the nice shiny News Box, keeping the world marginally more up to date about the goings on of the SWC group and site. Previous visitors may gasp in awe at our new-fangled look, with inkblot heading, colour scheme and this selfsame News Box, while others may be more interested in the addition of the Poetry Competition 2010 details and also a mysterrrrious link at the top to External Opportunities. What could it all mean? Stay tuned folks!

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ADJUICATOR: Alison Chisholm

First Prize: £200, Second Prize: £100, Third Prize: £50
(In addition: £25 Humour Prize: £25 Local Prize

RULES: Please read carefully

1. Poems should bear no identification of the poet. Local entrants
(Liverpool and Preston Postcodes) should mark poems
with an ‘L’. Please enclose a separate sheet of A4 paper
with your full contact details and list of titles
submitted.
2. All entries must be typed on A4 paper, in English, and
must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant.
3. Each entry should be accompanied by the appropriate fee
of £3 per poem or four poems for £10. Cheques/Postal orders should be in
sterling and payable to SOUTHPORT WRITERS’ CIRCLE.
4. A maximum of 40 lines per poem is allowed.
5. The closing date for entries will be 30th April 2012.
6. Please keep a copy of your poem(s) as manuscripts
cannot be returned.
7. The adjudicator’s decisions are final and no
correspondence will be entered into. Entrants who
enclose an S.A.E will receive a copy of the adjudicator’s
report.

No application form is required. Envelopes should be marked ‘POETRY COMPETITION’ and sent to:- Southport Writers’ Circle, 18 Ditchfield, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4EQ

please DO NOT send entries by recorded delivery.

We are now accepting online Entries! Click HERE for more details.

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