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WELCOME TO WATFORD WRITERS' COMPETITION PAGE

This month's writing competition was flash fiction with the theme: THE HAT.


We received 17 entries and can all be read below. 


It's congratulations to:

  • 1st place: Sumi Watters - She Wore A Raspberry Beret
  • 2nd place: Joanna Bawa - Mountain Rescue
  • 3rd place: Mike Lansdown - A Very Private Man
  • 4th place: Sumi Watters - Fedora the Explorer



WELL DONE TO ALL WHO ENTERED.

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ENTRIES 1 - 10

ENTRY 1 - Sweeda Luintel - Mad Hatter Of 1 Durland Street (pdf)Download
ENTRY 2 - Ian Welland - The Importance of being Bernard Beed (pdf)Download
ENTRY 3 - John Hartley - Boundaries (pdf)Download
ENTRY 4 - Jan Rees - Bittersweet (pdf)Download
ENTRY 5 - Mike Lansdown - A Very Private Man (pdf)Download
ENTRY 6 - Chris McDermott - Travelling Through Time (pdf)Download
ENTRY 7 - Louise Welland - Tête-à-tête (pdf)Download
ENTRY 8 - Caroline Harris - Once more with soul (pdf)Download
ENTRY 9 - Jenny Sutch - Me (pdf)Download
ENTRY 10 - Jenny Sutch - The Cover Up (pdf)Download

ENTRIES 11 - 17

ENTRY 11 - Caroline Osborne - The Beaver Wars (pdf)Download
ENTRY 12 - Joanna Bawa - Mountain Rescue (pdf)Download
ENTRY 13 - Chris McDermott - Does The End Justify The Means (pdf)Download
ENTRY 14 - Sumi Watters - She Wore A Raspberry Beret (pdf)Download
ENTRY 15 - Andrea Neidle - The Mighty Supremo (pdf)Download
ENTRY 16 - Sumi Watters - Fedora the Explorer (pdf)Download
ENTRY 17 - Brian Bold - Get Ahead (pdf)Download

Group members are respectfully asked when contributing to meetings either in written form or verbally, not to use potentially harmful derogatory terms, words, themes, or language, likely to cause offence.


In all submissions or discussions we would encourage group members to ask themselves if they align with the following guiding principle of being: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind to all.

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Group members are respectfully asked when contributing to meetings either in written form or verbally, not to use potentially harmful derogatory terms, words, themes, or language, likely to cause offence.


In all submissions or discussions we would encourage group members to ask themselves if they align with the following guiding principle of being: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind to all.


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