Creative Writing society

Our meetings are every Monday from 6pm to 7pm at the Union (though we're in different rooms regularly so email us or leave a note on the forums if you're interested).

News for 14th May '08:

And the long silence between updates grows.
News this week includes that the elections went ahead (as mentioned in emails) and the new council members are: 
Chris Burden, Cat Coles, Victoria Simmonds, and myself (Andy Tivey). 
Hopefully the next year will see the society take off again, since in recent months things have sort of drifted slowly downhill. As far as I'm aware, there are no more planned meetings for the society, though the forum here and our new Facebook group (details below) will be active to an extent.
Finally, there is a Playwriting Competition being organized by Bench Theatre. Details are here:

"Terms and Conditions of Entry:

•    There is a £5 entry fee (non-refundable)

•    We can only accept one play per person

•    Submitted plays must be anonymous, with a pseudonym only appearing on the script

•    The play must be written in English (translations will not be considered)

•    The play must be full length (minimum 80 minutes)

•    The play must be original, unpublished and unperformed. (Adaptations will not be considered)

•    The submitted play must be available for production and not attached to any other company or theatre.

•    The playwright must own the copyright, which will remain with the playwright throughout.

•    As the Competition forms part of the Company’s 40th Anniversary celebrations, submitted plays should fit the theme ‘State of the Nation’. By this we mean: ‘Plays that reflect what it is like to be alive in Britain today’. Plays can be in any style or deal with any subject and be set in any period.

•    The play should be able to be performed a maximum of 8 actors (but could contain any number of characters)

•    Standard play script layout should be used

•    Please send paper entries only - no email or disc entries will be considered

•    Scripts will not be returned, so please ensure that you do not send your only copy.

•    We reserve the right not to award any prize if entries are not of a suitable standard.

•    In the event of a production of the winning play, no further payment will be made in addition to the prize money (although the company will consider reasonable expenses.)

•    Entries must be received by 6pm Monday 5th January 2009. Scripts received after this date will not be considered.

•    Plays that have been short listed will be notified by end of March 2009; winners will be contacted by the end of May 2009

•    We regret that no correspondence can be entered into on any stage of the judging process

•    All entries will be read in their entirety, but entries that do not conform to the Terms and Conditions may be excluded.

How to enter:
•    Send  TWO copies of your play, which much be anonymous, with a pseudonym only on the cover of each copy
•    Include title of the play on every page, and ensure that pages are numbered
•    Cheques for £5 entry fee should be made payable to BENCH THEATRE
•    Enclose a sealed envelope containing:
o    Completed entry form, with the play title and pseudonym on the outside
o    Payment of entry fee
•    Send to :
Bench Theatre Playwriting Competition
PO Box144
Havant
Hants PO9 1XB

First Prize: £500

Second Prize £250 

There we go. Now, as I mentioned before we now have a facebook set up which you can find here. 

Thanks for listening, good luck with exams people and enjoy your summer!

~Andy

News for 28th February '08:

Well, after about three weeks I finally got around to updating this page again. Woo!

This Monday's open mic night over at the Wiltshire building was a pretty good success, with a lot of writers (both in the society and not) read out some great work. The next open mic night is some time in May, or so I hear, and I should get a date for that closer to the time.

On top of that, we have a new calendar up! Well, it's more of a list really, but it's still there... or at least, a link should be there for it soon. The link will be on the right hand side in the little "Contact Us" menu.

This Monday's meeting will be a playwriting workshop with Chris and Tiff, so come ready with any specific questions about scripting and the like and remember to have fun! See you there.

~Andy