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| JOHN SILVERTON MAKES IT A WINNING DOUBLE IN ANDERIDA COMPETITION JULY 2024
Picture shows from left to right: Tony Flood, Tamara McKinley, John Silverton with actress Sue Thacker.
John Silverton won both sections in the Anderida Writers Annual Short Story and Poetry competition at the Hydro Hotel, Eastbourne, on Tuesday, July 9th, when actress Susan Thacker read out the entries.
He lifted the short story trophy with The Raffle Ticket, pipping another humourous entry, Tony Flood's Pleasure and Guilt. Wendy Ogden (Imposters) came third, followed by Francis Wait (Ghost Story) and Mike Haffner (Bangers and Cash).
John won the poetry competition for the third successive year with An Independant Candidate, finishing ahead of Alan Turner with A Nearly Nonagerian Ned and Tony Flood with Growing Old.
The winners are pictured with Anderida patron Tamara McKinley and Sue Thacker.
This year's competition was on any theme, and there were cash prizes of £60 for the winner of the short story section and £50 for the poetry section.
Other prizes were: two theatre tickets for the Royal Hippodrome Theatre's summer season production A Night To Remember, signed copies of Ellie Dean's books Homecoming and A Place Called Home, a book giving creative writing advice by well-known authors called Being a Writer, donated by John Silverton, a book called How To Get Published and Make a Lot of Money, donated by Tony Flood, and a writer's notebook donated by Michael Fleming.
Entries were judged by those present who were either full Anderida members or guests having attended at least one previous meeting this year. They gave scores up to 10 for each entry.
Actor Brian Capron of Coronation Street fame, who had shared reading the entries in previous years, was unavailable on Tuesday so Sue Thacker read all 18 entries.
* Sue Thacker will be appearing in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen at Seaford Little Theatre, 4 Steyne Road, BN25 1HA, from Friday, September 6th to Saturday, September 14th. Both Saturdays are matinee performances, starting at 2.30 p.m., while all weekday performances start at 7.45 p.m.
A Doll's House tells the story of a young wife (Nora) who is treated by her husband like a toy...a doll. She has always played along with this, but there comes a crunch time in their marriage when she has to make some hard decisions. This young woman has an older friend (Kristine, played by Sue Thacker) with her own story. Nora and Kristine decide to take action.
Ticket, priced £11 tiered seats and £10 level seats, can be booked online at www.ticketsource.co.uk or by going to the website www.seafordlittletheatre.co.uk and following the links
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| ANDERIDA WRITERS COMPETITION WINNERS 2016
PICTURE shows, left to right: Stephen Houghton, Dave Wells, Tony Flood, Heather Flood, Michael Fleming, Francis Wait and Alan Baker.
Alan Baker and Heather Flood took the top prizes for the second successive year at Eastbourne group
Anderida Writers' annual Short Story and Poetry competition at the West Rocks Hotel, Eastbourne.
Former West End actor Alan not only read the entries - he also won the first prize of £100 in the Short Story
section with another of his very amusing tales, this time 'Florrie'.
Heather, the author of children's books featuring the charming Mousey Mousey, had won the poetry award
last year with her dramatic verse 'When Realisation Hits You For Six', and this time came up with a comic
piece called 'Good-bye My Dear Husband' to claim the £75 prize.
The competition, on the theme Narrow Escape, was decided by those members present giving each entry
marks out of 10, and prizes were presented by competition secretary Maria Louka, who also generously
donated several of them, mainly in the form of items from Fortnum and Mason hamper selections.
Steve Houghton took second prize of a meal for two at the West Rocks Hotel with ' All Manor of Surprises' in
the Short Story section, while Alan Baker's 'Algernon Augustus Bartholomew' was third, Tony Flood's 'Singers
Narrow Escape' fourth and Francis Wait's 'Jim's Narrow Escape' fifth.
The runner-up in the Poetry section was Dave Wells with 'A Noble Piece of Driftwood', which won him a bottle
of champagne and chocolate truffles, while Michael Fleming's 'Suspense' came third.
Anderida Writers, whose Patron is best selling author Peter James, are a friendly group which assists would-be
authors to get published as well as helping those who just want to write for fun. Anyone interested in
joining should telephone Tony Flood on 01323 471726
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| ANDERIDA WRITERS ANNUAL COMPETITION
Tuesday July 14th 2015
Alan Baker receives the Anderida Writers short story winner’s cup from chairman Tony Flood (third left). Other winners are Laurie Wilkinson (far left) Christine Racher (second from left) John Ellick (centre back) Michael Racher (third from right) Heather Flood, poetry winner (second from right) and Hazel Elrick (far right)
A supportive audience of over 30 members and guests attended the popular annual short story and poetry competition held at the West Rocks Hotel, Eastbourne. This year’s theme was ‘Realisation’ and the 20 entries were read out by former West End actor Alan Baker, who had quickly stepped in because actor Jeffrey Holland and his wife Judy Buxton, were unable to attend on the day.
The winners were:-
POETRY
1st – Heather Flood (When Realisation Hits You for Six)
2nd –Hazel Elrick (Peter’s Story)
3rd – Laurie Wilkinson – (Recycled Realisation)
SHORT STORY
1st – Alan Baker (The Biter Bit)
2nd –John Ellick (And the Winner is…)
3rd - Viki Allerston (Hell Hath no Fury like a Fairy Scorned)
4th - Michael Racher (
Surprise)
5th - Christine Racher (The Mawkins)
Alan was presented with a cup and £75 for his winning entry and Heather won £60. Other prizes that were on offer included dinner for two at the West Rocks Hotel, tea for two at C and H Fabrics, plus 40% discount on blinds and curtains, a voucher from Kumi and Sam Hair and Beauty Salon, two tickets from Eastbourne Theatres for ‘The Great Gatsby’ plus a Marks and Spence voucher and a bottle of champagne.
Chairman Tony Flood said, “The standard was very high, so those who did not win a prize should not be discouraged. Our thanks go to Competition Secretary Dave Wells and Assistant Competition Secretary Maria Louka for all their hard work in making this event such a success.”
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