News Flash,
Bettine Manktelow's new play "SPYGAME" will be presented by The New Deal Theatre Company from 17, 18 and 19 July 2008 at The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury.
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The announcement of the results of the HappenStance Short Story Competition was delayed due to the large number of entries received, but the prizewinners have finally been posted on the HappenStance website. And despite the record entry, there's good news for a Deal Writer.
CONGRATULATIONS to Jo Field for winning second prize!
Judge Susie Maguirewas full of praise for Jo's story, Wrong Bus:'Like the first-prize winner, this story demonstrates the differences between a character’s desires or intentions and their actual behaviour. Here, it’s the gradual change in the central character from his interest in the glimpsed profile of a young woman to obsession and stalking, and then a final and ambivalent gesture. We are in the skin of (and can feel sympathy for) the character until almost the end, and I liked the way the writer shows the man looking for signs confirming his delusion. Though the pace is slow, it builds momentum nicely and has a haunting, cinematic quality, especially in the final few nail-biting ‘frames’.'
Excellent stuff! Well done, Jo.
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Bettine Manktelow play "Charity Begins..." is doing very well around the one-act drama festivals particularly in Ireland and her play "The White Cliffs" has recently been performed in New Zealand, Congratulation Bettine! (you can find out more about Bettine's play Here)
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Jen Kahawatte came First in Ramsgate Festival Writes of Spring poetry competition, organised by ThanetCan. In addition, Marilyn Donovan came Fourth and Jo Field was Highly Commended.
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Marilyn also had three poems published this spring, one each in Orbis, Artemispoetry and Equinox magazines.
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Paul Curd has a short story in the forthcoming Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special (due out in June) and two more in a Norwegian short story magazine. (find out more at www.paulcurd.com )
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Who we are,
Established 2005, we are a group currently made up of around twenty writers living in and around the east Kent coastal town of Deal. We are always delighted to welcome anyone with an interest in writing, and whether you are new to writing or a long established author, Deal Writers will have something of interest to you.
Our membership includes all levels, from beginners through to published authors, and all genres including fiction (for both adults and children) and non-fiction, poetry and drama. We hold two 'main' meetings each month in the centre of Deal. These meetings usually take the form either of workshops to provide constructive feedback on members’ work-in-progress or of talks from guest speakers about all aspects of the writing business. In addition we hold smaller, informal 'specialist' meetings for novelists, poets and children's writers.
Prospective members are welcome to come along to our meetings, before deciding whether to join our very friendly group.
We meet on the first and third Thursday of every month from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm
at Dealability, 43 Victoria Road, DEAL Kent CT14 7AY
Click here for a map of how to get there
Deal Ability is fully accessible to people with disabilities.
The venue is on the major bus routes into Deal and close to the railway station, and if you are driving, you can park on any of the side streets.
Alternatively, or for more information, please contact us by emailing dealwriters@hotmail.co.uk.