Hannah Hooton will give the presentation "Interactive Storytelling: The Art of Reader Engagement", which explores different creative writing techniques that help to give our readers a more personal and immersive experience with heightened emotional impact. Hannah is the author of eight indie-published novels, writing both… Read More »3rd September 2019 – Interactive Storytelling
Victoria writes short fiction including flash, and has been published in journals including Broken Spine, Wild Word and Waxed Lemon, and has a piece in the 2025 Flash Flood. Her zines, published by Colossive Press and sold in aid of the Maggie’s Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, are… Read More »Victoria Sellar – Secretary
This is a members-only competition. A few rules to make this a successful event: Stories must be no longer than 250 words. They must have a title, which is not part of the word count. Bring a printed copy of your story to the evening.… Read More »4th June 2019 – Flash Fiction Competition
From our juror of this year’s competition, Ingrid Jendrzejewski: “First of all, huge congratulations go out to everyone who submitted a story to this year’s Cambridge Writers’ Short Story Competition. The overall quality was exceedingly high – much higher, on average, than most other competitions… Read More »Short Story Competition Results 2019
Anne Atkins has written three novels, all with a Cambridge aspect: The Lost Child, On Our Own, and A Fine and Private Place. Her fourth (working title: An Elegant Solution) follows the life of the child protagonist of On Our Own, living in the famous Cambridge… Read More »7th May 2019 – Anne Atkins
All writers seek to convey a message, a story or a feeling through their work, but writers of prose and poetry often work in very different ways. As a result of this, many people believe that the two types of writing are polar opposites, and… Read More »2nd April 2019 – The link between poetry and prose
Of all our meetings, this is the gem, the much looked-forward-to AGM. Well, yes, there will be a little formal business, but don’t cower at home in fear. There is only one vacant Committee post, that of Publicity Officer. It involves writing a press… Read More »5th March 2019 – Annual General Meeting
The annual Short Story Competition is judged this year by Ingrid Jendrzejewski who has given us a presentation in May, 2018. Ingrid received a BFA in Creative Writing and a BA in English literature and has since won 11 writing competitions, judged three short-story contests,… Read More »5th February 2019 – Short Story Competition Judging Event
Simon Hall is a BBC Television and Radio News Correspondent, and an author of crime fiction. He has been a broadcaster for twenty five years, covering some of the biggest stories Britain has seen. His books – the tvdetective series – are about a television… Read More »4th December 2018 – Simon Hall
Workshop by Will Tate. More details to follow.