Events

As ever, these events and themes may chop and change as the year develops, so please do check back often, or contact us directly 🙂 Note – the Themes are just suggestions for those who need inspiration, we will cheerfully listen to/critique anything you bring.

March
31st	Last Day for Subscriptions
April
7th	–
14th	–
21nd	–
28th	–
30th	Public Workshop @ Art House
May
5th	Open Mike Night
12th	@ Write Blend/ Joan Nicholson Awards
19th	Theme: Tit-For-Tat
26th	Theme: A Dark Joke
June
2nd	Theme: Clandestine
9th	Theme: Circus Fun
16th	Lindsey Holland/Poetry Competition Judging (To be rescheduled)
23th	Theme: Unholy Alliance
30th	Theme: Remembering
July
7th	Theme: Pudding
14th	Lindsey Holland/Poetry Competition Judging
21st	Theme: Animal World
28th	Theme: Holiday Snaps
August
4th	Theme: Police Drama
11th	Theme: Kings and Fools
18th	Theme: The Best of Politics
25th	Guest Speaker: Sally-Anne Tapia-Bowes
September
1st	Theme: Oddity Rex
8th	Theme: Joy and Favour
15th	Theme: Lonesome
22nd	Autumn Open Mike
29th	Theme: Triumphant
October
6th	Theme: Planets Suite
13th	Theme: Foreign Lives
20th	Theme: Jewels In The night
27th	Halloween Spooktacular – Scary stories encouraged
31st	Last Day for Short Story Competition Entries
November
3rd	Theme: For The Birds
10th	Theme: Dangerous Times
17th	Guest Speaker: Stephen Beattie
24th	TBC – Public Workshop
December
1st	Theme: Romance In Unlikely Place
8th	Theme: Yellowbelly
15th	TBC – Short Story Awards Night
22nd	Christmas Readings / Last day till New year
January
12th	First Day Back/ theme: Shining Stories
19th	Theme: Open Your Eyes
26th	Theme: A New Outfit
February
2nd	Theme: Painful Reconciliation
9th	Theme: Joyous Interlude
16th	Valentines Verses
23rd	~~AGM~~ Moved to 2nd March

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2018
March
22^nd
23^rd	Poetry Workshop @ Fables Fest @ Edge Hill University
29^th	Last day for subs! Also EGM and Guest Speaker Bob Stone
April
5^th
12^th
19^th
26^th	‘Voice’ Workshop with Dennis Conlon and Sean Heslin
30^th	Final Submissions for Poetry Competition
May
3^rd
10^th
12^th	Southport Festival – Creative Workshop, Atkinson 11am
17^th
24^th
31^st	Joan Nicholson Award Judging – Bob Stone
June
7^th
14^th	No meeting! Charity event at Reuters from 7.30pm
21^st	Poetry Competition Adjudication by Alison Chisholm
28^th
July
5^th
12^th
19^th
26^th	Emotions Workshop
August
2^nd
9^th
16^th
23^rd
30^th
September
6^th
13^th
20^th
27^th
October
4^th
11^th
18^th
25^th	Spooky Stories Night
31^st	Final submissions for Short Story competition
November
1^st
8^th
15^th
22^nd
29^th
December
6^th
13^th	Guest Speaker – Ian Hall
20^th	Christmas Readings and Last meeting of 2018
2019
January
10^th	First meeting of 2019
17^th
24^th	Short Story Awards Night with guest judge Carys Bray
31^st
February
7^th
14^th	Valentines Verses
21^st
28^th
March
7^th	AGM
14^th
21^st
28^th	Last day for annual subs

2017
April
6^th	Last day for subs
13^th	–
20th	Joan Nicholson Judging – Carol Fenlon
27th
May
4^th
6th	Southport Festival – Creative Workshop, Atkinson, Saturday, 11.30am
11^th	Alt Chair
18^th	Alt Chair
25th	Alt Chair
June
1^st	Theme – Darkness Lies
8^th	Theme – Angels Cry
15^th	Theme – Devils Laugh
22^nd	Theme – Lions Roar
29^th	Theme – Ravens Call
July
6^th	Poetry Comp Award Night – Guest Judge – Carole Baldock
13^th	Theme – Plumbers Bill
20^th	Theme – Born to Kill
27^th	Theme – Lovers Lament
August
3^rd	Summer Writing Workshop
10^th	Theme – The Time is Spent
17^th	Theme – Hope Rises
24^th	Theme – War Divides
31^st	Theme – Endless Bliss
September
7^th	Theme – In The Dark
14^th	~~Theme – Nobody Waits~~ No Meeting: Dennis’ play in Liverpool
21^st	Mills and Boon Night in honour of Roger Sanderson
28^th	Theme – Through the Gates
October
5^th	Theme – First to Win
12^th	Theme – Love Begins
19^th	Theme – Feeling Mellow
26th	Theme – Running Yellow/ Spooky Story Night!
November
2^nd	Theme – Wrong Way Round
9th	Theme – What’s That Sound?
16^th	Theme – Dancing Queen
23^rd	Theme – Making a Scene
30^th	Theme – Birds Flight
December
7^th	Theme – Out of Sight
14^th	Theme – Have No Fear
21^st	Christmas Readings! Last one of the year
2018
January
11th	First one back!
18^th	New Year’s Resolution and Beginner’s Night
25th	Short Story Award Night
February
1^st
8^th
15^th
22^nd	AGM
March
1^st
8^th
15^th
22^th
29^th	Last day for subs

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