Late last year the Vale Royal Writers Group (see the link in the list) finally published their anthology of poetry and prose called the Cheshire Collection (Yours Truly was a contributor). We entered a national competition ran by the David St John Thomas Charitable Trust (there is a connection between this Trust and the Writer's News magazine where some of the competitions are publicised.Well we were amazed when we got shortlisted for the Community Cup, a competition for self-published books made for charity. The group had decided that any profits should go to a charity ran by one of its members to help in the Gambia, GOES (the link to it is also in the list).
Yesterday was the award ceremony and we came in third (yes there was a little disappointment that we didn't win but we got over it) and we got £100.00 towards the charity. When this is added to the £1,000 we have already raised through sales of
almost 300 books, that will do a lot of good for a lot of people (including many children).
There were quite a number of other competitions too and there was getting on for 100 people at the ceremony including Celia, Polly and myself. It was held in London so a bit of trek to get there (including detours to avoid lorries broken down in the roadworks on the M1, the really bad weather, the terible traffic in London, the horrendous parking fees - £18.00 for four hours - yes, the decimal point is in the right place) but worth it in the end. (And we went for a great meal after at a Lebanese restaurant!)
I'm expecting that there should be a write up in an upcoming edition of Writer's News mag so I'll give that a mention when it appears.
If anyone would like to support us and purchase a copy they are available from me for £6.95 (+ £1.95 postage if required). Just email me with your address and payment details - I can accept POs, cheques, cash or Paypal (email goughchris@hotmail.com).
There are a number of other pictures available of the event at
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