RESULTS OF THE WRITING COMPETITION
The 2022 Brevard Scribblers Writing Competition closed to entries at the start of the summer of 2022 and the judging process commenced after that. Sadly, at quite a late stage, one of the judges had to pull out due to illness, so we had to search to find a replacement. This inevitably delayed the judging process but it was finally completed in October and the results were announced a short while afterwards.
Here is a full list of the winners, in the categories of Short Story and Poetry:
Short Stories
- Kit Adams – Johnny Ringdahl and Mr Merritt
- Rick Maule – Bittersweet
- Peggy Ball – Kit’s Legacy
Poetry
- Kit Adams – The Train Station and Beyond
- David Charitat – Where Beauty Lies
- Carolyn Newby – Survival
All the winners were notified in advance of the public announcements and received winners checks in the post. Their entries were awarded pride of place at the beginning of the 2022 anthology, which also features all the other entries that reached the requisite standard for publication, as determined by the judges and editors of the anthology. The winners and all the authors included in the anthology will receive a free copy.
THE 2022 ANTHOLOGY
The anthology was published on the 1st February 2023 – titled Written in the Sun – Brevard Scribblers Literary Anthology 2022 – it is available in print and Kindle formats, as usual, from the Amazon book store. Click here to go straight to Amazon, where you can order them:
Print Version
Kindle Version
MEETINGS IN 2023
We have moved from meeting solely on Zoom to splitting meetings between the in-person and the Zoom formats. This is to enable as many people as possible to attend meetings, at least once a month. We will continue to review this decision on a monthly basis but for now the second Saturday of every month will be at the Eau Gallie Library, 1521 Pineapple Ave, Melbourne, FL 32935. The telephone number of the library is 321-255-4304. The fourth Saturday of every month will be a Zoom meeting. Members are sent a link via email ten minutes or so before the meeting starts. Visitors, who wish to attend a Zoom meeting, need to email us at brevardscribblers@outlook.com in order to receive the link. It would be helpful if visitors gave notice of their wish to attend, two or three days before the meeting, if possible.
ELECTED OFFICERS FOR 2023
The following officers were unanimously voted in to continue in their roles for another year:
President – Kit Adams
Vice-President – Richard (Mac) McNamara
Treasurer – David Clark
Secretary – Linda Paul
CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY 2022
This was an updated, second edition to the first Christmas anthology, published in 2021. It contained all the original entries but was boosted by an additional one hundred pages of content. The first section is devoted to the 50-word mini-saga, followed by poetry and then, finally, short stories and memoir. Links to the Amazon book store where the second edition can be ordered, can be found on our Anthologies page.
MEMBERS LUNCH JANUARY 2023
The second Saturday of January is always given over to a members lunch (meaning there is only one meeting in January – on Zoom). This year the Scribblers went to Hemingways Tavern in Melbourne, an American-themed eatery, inspired by the great writer. We await pictures from that happy occasion but are reliably informed that a very good time was had by all who attended.
OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF 2023
We hope to be able to return to the Eau Gallie library for all meetings and we look forward to members working on new writing and reporting publishing successes. We also hope to see a boost in membership again as we slowly recover from the isolating (at home) impact of the pandemic. Inquiries being made via this web site and the Facebook page would certainly suggest that this is going to happen.
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