The presentation of awards for the shortlisted submissions to the Young Writers Competition 2025 took place on Saturday 11th October at The Old Court.
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Essie Fox to present Young Writers Awards
We are delighted to announce that acclaimed author Essie Fox has agreed to present the prizes for our Young Writers Competition. Essie is no stranger to the Sunday Times Bestseller list with her beguiling collection of gothic novels. She has been described by The Independent as ‘Deliciously unsettling’.
Spring has Sprung
And so we penned some short passages... Spring by Robyn Kayes The lightning bolt shattered the sky as the spring storm took control of the land. Up on the highlands and down by the river, thunder roared overhead, and a ferocious wind destroyed all in its path. By the morning after, the overnight storm was… Continue reading Spring has Sprung
Valentine’s Sonnets
Sonnets are tricky. But well done to these Windsor Writers who followed all the rules and produced a piece of poetry all ready to read out on February 14th. Valentine Sonnet What I Wrote by Mike Moss Our homework this month, a sonnet to write I’ll try very hard, the rules are quite tight I… Continue reading Valentine’s Sonnets
Book Club Discussion Questions Now Available
You asked and we listened... To support the wonderful world of reading, and enjoying literature together, we've created a page of discussion questions so that book clubs and groups of friends can have a truly memorable Christmas get together enjoying Windsor Christmas Tales and delving beneath the surface of the stories. See book club questions… Continue reading Book Club Discussion Questions Now Available
Writing for a Good Cause
Mike Moss (Windsor Writer's Group secretary) has produced a series of books, based on true events, about Izzie the dog: a little terrier, big in personality. Born in Dublin, lost as a puppy, she survives as a stray with the help from the new friends she meets along the way, and from Benni the streetwise… Continue reading Writing for a Good Cause
By the Waters Edge: Church Stretton
Slip and slide over moss eaten rock and stone Burbling and murmuring my song Deep in the valley - the shadows cool me down The sun warms me up. Fishes and tadpoles and toads swim within me Boys lark amidst me in purple shorts Their girls dip their feet in me…their skirts hitched up. Dragonflies… Continue reading By the Waters Edge: Church Stretton
COVID-19 Stories
Pixelated Pilates ProfessionalsBy Vivien Eden Pixelated Pilates professionals,YouTube strangers teaching my household PE,Graduating from Couch to 5k.I will not become a lard-ass because of this. Hunting and gathering essentialsDespite clearly having the plague;I’m having an anthropological field day,Oi Hannibal Lecter, aren’t you my window cleaner? Urgently required: flower seeds and tomato plantsA garden lounge set… Continue reading COVID-19 Stories
May showcase
Wendy Gregory I am getting old now and rather creaky, but that’s not surprising really. I’ve seen a lot of action in the last forty years: insatiable young lust, conception, childbirth, energetic but demanding children jumping all over me, then the slowing down of fond familiarity which has its benefits. In the words of the late Margaret Thatcher, we seem… Continue reading May showcase
January showcase
Every month we will be focusing on the work of one of our members. For this month, we have a collection of our 100 word stories. Ray by Phil Appleton As a tiny hole in a black sheet of paper, a pinprick of light shines, dim but steady. Then the faintest twinkle, a flash… Continue reading January showcase
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