Erewash Writing Competitions as from August 2020
August 2020 - We have a new team here at Erewash Writing Competitions as well as a new name. Everything else about our competitions remains as before. They are organised by volunteer Debbie and a team of volunteers. The main reason the site exists is to encourage and reward writing. Another aim is to provide free entry competitions, or to ask only a reasonable entry fee, to allow as many entrants as possible the opportunity to enter a writing competition.
We are still providing donations to charities whenever we can and we still have a preference to give our spare cash to small charities. You can find out more about our charitable donations on this page
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/about-our-charity-donations.html
New members to join our reading team are welcome to apply. There is no payment to anyone involved in the provision of these competitions except the judge to our annual open short story competitions, and the charities we donate to. If you are interested in joining our team as a reader for our competitions, please email Debbie at [email protected]
Our name has changed to Erewash Writing Competitions but we're keeping old website name https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com for the time being.
You can find full information about our competitions if you follow this link
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/competitions.html
Please email Debbie at [email protected] if you need assistance to enter the competitions.
We welcome entries from world wide. Our competitions are international, open to everyone unless specified in the Rules of Entry. Entries from world wide are welcome. Please tell your friends about us.
These competitions have been provided since 2012, originally on behalf of Erewash Writers' Group which meets in Long Eaton. The group hasn't been able to meet for some time and it's unknown when or if a meeting will occur again. So we've decided to update this website and change our name. We're awaiting news from Janet, the Group's secretary, and will keep information on this site about the group updated, as and when we receive details.
Here is an outline of our history:
August 2020 - WE ARE BACK - Hurray! We're ready and raring to read your entries, so send 'em in. You can find all the information about our competitions on this page, if you follow this link
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/competitions.html
2018 - July 2020 - We took a break from providing competitions.
2012 - 2018 These competitions were organised in the name of Erewash Writers' Competitions.
For information about Erewash Writers' Group, please scroll down. Your contact for the group is Janet Devereux, Secretary, tel 0115 8498519 or e-mail janet.devereux(at)ntlworld.com
Please do not email your competition entries to Janet. She will only have to forward them on to Debbie and you may delay your entry by doing so. Thank you. Information about how to enter our competitions is listed in the Rules of Entry on each competition page. If there is anything else you would like to know before you submit an entry, or if you need assistance with the entry process, please email Debbie erewashwriterscomps2@gmail.com.
Please follow us on Twitter @EWGCompetition
PICTURE TAKEN IN 2012 - FROM THE LEFT: Janet Devereux (Secretary, Erewash Writers' Group), Debbie Wilkinson (Competition Organiser), Audrey Latham (Day Centre Resident, Parklands Day Centre), Jennifer Hickling (Day Centre Manager), pictured at Parklands Connexion located in the heart of Long Eaton in Stanhope Street.
Our writing competitions exist to encourage and reward writing.
After our winners have received their prizes we donate cash to charity.
We are particularly interested in hearing from voluntary groups reliant on donations. Although we are more than happy to support large, well-known charities, we are also very keen to donate our cash to groups with less visibility. If you are a group which, for example, does not have a high street charity shop and can't afford massive TV advertising campaigns, then please do contact Debbie to make her aware of your existence.
Our first writing competition in 2012 open to entrants from outside the group raised £60 for a donation. We asked all entrants to nominate a charity or voluntary group based anywhere in the UK. Audrey kindly agreed to pick our winner and the charity name she pulled out of the bag was Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice in Sheffield, nominated by entrant Pamela Mann.
Later in 2012 we organised a themed competition. Using the remainder of cash from our first competition, this was a free entry competition and we gave a donation of £40 to Treetops Hospice, Risley as well as awarding £120 in prizes to our winners.
In 2013 we had £60 remaining after paying out all the prize money and St Elizabeth Hospice, Ispwich was picked out of the hat to receive our cash. RSPCA Derby received our £70 cash donation from our 2014 competition. The winner of our 2015 and 2016 competition £50 donation is expected to be drawn from the hat by end of December 2016.
Debbie Wilkinson - Competition Organiser
Debbie's main interest is reading, and occasionally writing, short stories. One of her favourite projects was the creation of a newsletter which helped raise the profile of, and funds for, a voluntary group managing an under-fives toy library.
Currently working as a sessional tutor, Debbie has led several groups in Nottinghamshire and Long Eaton.
In 2011, Debbie established and led a U3A Short Story Writing Group. As well as organising competitions with Erewash Writers' Group she established an on-line review group which she contributed to monthly with stories and reviews.
If you have any questions about our competitions, critiques or writing courses, please email Debbie at [email protected]
Debbie's main interest is reading, and occasionally writing, short stories. One of her favourite projects was the creation of a newsletter which helped raise the profile of, and funds for, a voluntary group managing an under-fives toy library.
Currently working as a sessional tutor, Debbie has led several groups in Nottinghamshire and Long Eaton.
In 2011, Debbie established and led a U3A Short Story Writing Group. As well as organising competitions with Erewash Writers' Group she established an on-line review group which she contributed to monthly with stories and reviews.
If you have any questions about our competitions, critiques or writing courses, please email Debbie at [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE - AUGUST 2020 EREWASH WRITERS' GROUP DOES NOT MEET AT THE MOMENT
THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WHEN INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
This information is about Erewash Writers' Group
We welcome all levels of writers from beginners to the more advanced. The main aim of the group is to promote the art of creative writing and encourage fellowship between writers and the local community. The group now meets at Long Eaton library, usually on the first Friday of every month, 10.30 am to 12.30 pm with the doors to the room open from 10am.
During the meetings there is a wide variety of activities including reading out of members’ own work for constructive comments, internal competitions and on-the-spot writing in response to inspirational exercises. Time is allowed for members’ news, club business and announcements of forthcoming events. Workshops and talks are held regularly and are open to non-members.
For further information about Erewash Writers' Group, please contact - Janet Devereux, Secretary, tel 0115 8498519 or
e-mail janet.devereux(at)ntlworld.com
Please do not email your entries to Janet. She will forward them on and you may delay your entry by doing so. Thank you. Information about how to enter our competitions is listed in the Rules of Entry on each competition page. If there is anything else you would like to know before you submit an entry, or if you need assistance with the entry process,
please email Debbie [email protected] Our postal address may be available again in 2021 but for the time being, we're not accepting any communication via post.
During the meetings there is a wide variety of activities including reading out of members’ own work for constructive comments, internal competitions and on-the-spot writing in response to inspirational exercises. Time is allowed for members’ news, club business and announcements of forthcoming events. Workshops and talks are held regularly and are open to non-members.
For further information about Erewash Writers' Group, please contact - Janet Devereux, Secretary, tel 0115 8498519 or
e-mail janet.devereux(at)ntlworld.com
Please do not email your entries to Janet. She will forward them on and you may delay your entry by doing so. Thank you. Information about how to enter our competitions is listed in the Rules of Entry on each competition page. If there is anything else you would like to know before you submit an entry, or if you need assistance with the entry process,
please email Debbie [email protected] Our postal address may be available again in 2021 but for the time being, we're not accepting any communication via post.
