Tawe Competition for Circle members
The Swansea & District Writers Circle has introduced a new annual writing Competition for members, for longer pieces of work. The Tawe Competition has three Categories: Prose: Fiction or non-fiction […]
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Annual Dinner & Awards
The Swansea & District Writers Circle annual dinner and awards event took place on 17 January at The Welsh House restaurant in SA1, Swansea. There was an excellent turn out
January 2025 Annual General Meeting
The Swansea & District Writers Circle annual general meeting took place on Wednesday 8 January 2025. As well as discussing the business of the Circle and electing the committee, the
Writing competition winners announced
We are delighted to announce the winners as well as the shortlisted and longlisted entries to our 2024 International Writing Competition, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Swansea &
Anniversary Book Fair
Swansea and District Writers Circle is 70 years old this year, and one of the events to celebrate was a Book Fair in October during the weekend of 5th and
Marking Ann Marie’s retirement as Chair
Ann Marie Thomas has stepped back after serving for several years as Chair of the Swansea & District Writers Circle. She steered the group calmly through some challenging times, including
Writing Magazine features Swansea Writers Circle
Swansea and District Writers Circle was recently featured in Writing Magazine. The small article appeared in the Community section of the January 2024 edition. It has already created quite a
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In memory of Coral Leend
Sad to say, a former Circle member, Coral Leend died on 30th November. As well as novels, she had a huge number of short stories published and was Circle secretary
January 2024 Annual General Meeting
The Swansea & District Writers Circle annual general meeting took place at 7pm on Wednesday 3 January 2024. As well as discussing the business of the Circle and electing the
New Poetry Anthology
Exciting news! Written and published by Swansea & District Writer’s’ Circle, this substantial book is so much more than a Poetry Anthology. It is that of course, but it’s also
August 2023 Members Readings
The Circle meeting in August was a members evening, where winners of recent internal competitions read out their entries. There was also an open mic session for members to read
Circle Annual General Meeting
The Swansea & District Writers Circle annual general meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 4 January 2023. Everyone is welcome, although only members may vote. As well as
September 2022, Performance of Short Play
Our meeting in September was devoted to a performance of a short play written by Mark Cainen, winner of a recent Circle competition. ‘Perceptions’ is a comedy set in South
Change Anthology published
The Circle’s latest anthology of short stories, ‘Changed’, was published on 19 December 2020. This short collection is the third of a successful series of anthologies which began with Unforgotten