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  A Detailed History of Anderida Writers From the Years 2011-2012



2011
2011 was a good lively year for Anderida Writers with more speakers, much more writing. Books in progress were ‘Spaced Out’ by Sarah Potter; ‘Get Out of Debt’ and ‘Adverse Camber’ by Lyn Funnell; ‘Lyrical Musings’ by Phillipa Drake; ‘To Die or Not To Die’ by Lindsay Crawford Jones; ‘Mousey, Mousey and the Witches’ Spells’ by Heather Flood; ‘Seaside Spy’ by Harry Pope, ‘The Maori Story’ by Jenny Jewiss and ‘From Fancy Pants to Getting There’ by Elizabeth Wright.

January’s meeting was well supported to hear an interesting talk by Keith Ridley, Editor in Chief of the Eastbourne Herald and Gazette, brought back by popular demand. Four new visitors came along. There was discussion as to whether Anderida Writers should take part in the Eastbourne Festival, but it was decided not to do so as the financial return was unlikely to justify the outlay. Jenny Jewiss had a short piece (75 words) appear in on-line ‘Paragraph Planet’ and had the offer of publication of a feature on a Sussex woodsman in ‘Aspect County’ magazine.
In March Radio DGH recorded six submitted stories from Anderida Writers, read out by Ian Clegg and Sue Long. These would be played for the patients in the daily 4pm short story slot.
At the March AGM Tony Flood was elected the new Chairman, with Jenny Jewiss replacing him as Vice Chairman. The Treasurer’s report showed there was £207.04 in the bank and £34.02 in hand.
Liz Baker was awarded the Anderida Accolade for all her sterling efforts at producing an informative monthly newsletter and setting up a new website.

Harry Pope’s book ‘How Not To Run A Hotel’ was accepted by Gap Publishing and found a place on Amazon for people to read on Kindles. Liz Wright had an article on Sussex Shepherd’s smocks published in ‘Aspect County’ and Phillimore’s – The History Press was considering the publication of her book on Belle Tout lighthouse. Sarah Potter was invited to write on the ‘Lytopia’ website. Tony Flood gave a talk on his experiences as a journalist and Sky Television executive to an audience of 110 at the Langham Hotel. He was interviewed on Seahaven FM Radio, partly about his role as an official of ‘Friends of Devonshire Park Theatre’ and also to discuss his book, now on Amazon, ‘The Secret Potion,’ (GAP publishing). Kevin Haughton had two jokes published in the Daily Mail’s Peterborough columns.
The Mayor of Eastbourne launched Jill Rutherford’s new book, ‘Cherry Blossoms, Sushi and Takarazuka – Seven Years in Japan’ in the auspicious surroundings of the Council Chambers at the Town Hall. Elizabeth Wright had another picture published in the Daily Mail; the ‘screaming face’ in the brickwork of Pevensey Castle, which was adopted as Anderida’s newsletter logo.

The annual in-house writing competition was discussed, the theme to be ‘Picture This.’ It was also agreed that Anderida should run a semi-open writing competition just for writers who live in Sussex with the theme ‘Beautiful Sussex.’ At the April meeting, proof reader John Petley, gave members some useful advice to consider before submitting a book or story for publication. Sarah Potter’s poem ‘Silent Anger’ was nominated amongst the first three in the Global Writers April poetry competition. Harry Pope had a short letter ‘Such is the Short Life of Shingle’ appear in the Eastbourne Herald.

Confirmation that the semi-open writing competition would go ahead was made public with the naming of the three judges, Dec Cluskey, Keith Ridley and Jay Dixon, with prizes in each section of £50 for first; £25 for second and packages of books by Sussex authors to third prize winners. Jenny pointed out that she had tried to contact as many writing circles as she could via the Internet, to tell them about Anderida’s Competition but she found many websites were out of date and ‘many replies unhelpful.’ Liz Baker helped Liz Wright put her book ‘From Fancy Pants to Getting There’ into the right format to send copy to GAP publishers. Lyn Funnell had a two-page spread about the Lewes May Day celebration in ETC magazine. New member Eliza Davies invited Anderida scribes to a workshop and social evening at her Polka Dot Restaurant. Jay Dixon gave a talk to a group of 20 members about ‘adding colour to your writing.’

The main meeting in June consisted of 13 members and 13 visitors, causing accommodation problems with the smallish meeting room. This was a critique session where new and established members read sections from their work. A workshop and social evening was held at the Little Polka Restaurant as an extra get together, hosted by Eliza Davies and run by Tony and Heather Flood. Heather Flood’s fantasy book, ‘Mousey, Mousey and the Witches’ Spells,’ published originally as a paperback, came out as an e-version. Tony Flood’s ‘The Secret Potion’ followed the same route. Jenny Jewiss had submitted a piece about the game of petanque, which she plays, to the Eastbourne Gazette, but was disappointed to find sub-editing had resulted in some incorrect statements including a comment being attributed to an unrelated person. Liz Baker had a similar experience with a feature submitted to ‘Water Craft.’ Cass and Janie Jackson decided that, due to ill health, they would cease production of their newsletter ‘Flair for Words’.

The annual short story competition produced 25 entries of a high standard on the theme ‘Picture This.’ They were read out by Anderida’s Patron Jeffrey Holland and his wife Judy Buxton. Heather Flood was the winner with ‘My Fatal Mistake,’ Liz Wright was runner-up and Jill Rutherford third. Other prize winners were Roger Hardman, Jenny Jewiss, Helen Burton, Tony Flood, Mike Fleming and Sylvia Atkins.

Successful workshops at The Little Polka Restaurant continued, with at least a dozen attending each time. Publishing successes rolled on; Liz Wright had a £25 cheque from ‘Pick Me Up’ magazine for a silly picture of her son-in-law hanging off a lamp post while on holiday in the Canary Isles. Phillippa Drake’s book of ‘Lyrical Musings’ found its way to the USA as a result of her blogging her poems on a free website called Triond.com. Ella Harris, still a member although now living in Dunstable, launched her second book, ‘The Pitchstone Witch.’ ‘My Voice’ publishing company was recommended as a commercial outlet for those members wishing to see their books in print. Liz Wright found out that Pegasus Press appeared to have a leaning towards being vanity publishers as they accepted her ‘Fancy Pants’ book but then asked for a four-figure sum to publish it. When she refused to pay, they lost interest.

Tony Flood wrote a comedy play called ‘Hacking It’ which greatly impressed theatre director Alan Baker and film makers Harry Lederman and Alan Tutt, who decided to turn it into a short film using actors from Seaford Little Theatre. At two of the Langham Hotel Literary Lunches, Holocaust survivor and Anderida member Dorit Oliver Wolff talked about her life. The August meeting was a Social and Poetry event held at Tony and Heather Flood’s home.

Author Nigel Goodall, one of the country’s leading celebrity biographers, assured 22 fascinated members that even well established writers can suffer from ‘writers’ block’ as he had once spent 3 hours staring at a blank computer screen when trying to write about Winona Ryder’s life. The readings of the semi-open writing competition on the theme of ‘Beautiful Sussex’ had to be moved from the Langham Hotel meeting room to the much larger premises of the Fishermen’s Club.
Publishers, AndrewsUK expressed interest in publishing a book of collective works from Anderida members, but there were disadvantages in that any writings submitted could not be used anywhere else and payment was not made until there was a minimum of £100 available after all expenses had been paid.

At an extra critique meeting held at Lindsay Crawford-Jones’ home, Liz Wright tried her hand at writing humorous poetry, with ‘Fairy on the Christmas Tree’ and ‘Computer Crazy.’ Harry Pope talked about the travel writing he was doing and read two completely different articles about the same short break, but each adapted to suit a particular publication. In October 17 people attended the talk given by Jacq Molloy, a writing tutor for the Open University and Sussex Downs College. She talked about characterisation and making your characters come alive. Dorit Oliver Wolff received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Sovereign FM radio at the Grand Hotel on December 3rd.

Liz Wright’s book ‘From Fancy Pants to Getting There’ was published as an e-book for kindles by AndrewsUK and Heather Flood was pleased to announce that her latest book, ‘Giant Sticker Monster and other Children’s Stories’ has been published by ‘My Voice.’ Brigitte Sumner also had publishing success with ‘Teenage Relationships – The Breakthrough Guide to Untangling your Heartstrings,’ available as an e-book and a paperback.

Anderida’s ‘Beautiful Sussex’ semi-open competition resulted in a large audience hearing the entries read by Seaford Little Theatre Chairperson Sue Shephard and judged by Dec Cluskey, Keith Ridley and Jay Dixon.

Winners were:-
Short Story:
1st – Stuart Conde from Burgess Hill.
2nd - Andrew Cambell-Kearsey from Brighton.
3rd – Carmel Gregg from Eastbourne.

Poetry:
1st – Mike Fleming from Eastbourne.
2nd – Rita Pedrick from Eastbourne.
Joint 3rd – Gillian Church from Willingdon and Ann Bissett from Eastbourne.

Non-Fiction:
1st – Harry Bankhead (aged 92) from Eastbourne.
2nd – Jill Rutherford from Eastbourne.
3rd - Eileen Nightingale from Eastbourne.

Liz Wright was interviewed on the BBC’s Radio Sussex about her life, her writings and newly published book. Liz’s humorous article about the family cat’s experiences with a newly fitted cat flap was accepted by ‘Your Cat’ magazine. Jenny Jewiss had a feature entitled ‘Vive Le Boules’ appear in e-magazine ‘Giddy Limits.’ All in all a splendid year. Cash in the bank = £377.04 and cash in hand= £95.53 – Total funds in December 2011 = £472.57.

2012
January 2012 started off with the premier at the Winter Garden’s Gold Room of the short film ‘Hacking It’ scripted by Chairman Tony Flood. This was well received by a large audience. Eve Francis, reviewing it for the Brighton Argus wrote: ‘…this clearly has the potential to become an exceptional television series.’

Eliza Davies and Tony Flood gave interesting talks at the Eastbourne Speakers Club.

The Club re-located to a new venue, ‘The Chin Chin Tapas Bar and Lounge’ for the February and March meetings.
At the February meeting local author Brigitte Sumner gave a talk, ‘How I created a Niche Market and Write About it.’ She mentioned that she would be organising a Book Fair, in April, as part of the Eastbourne Festival. The Anderida Constitution was amended and updated. The latter half of the meeting was open for a critique session. Dorit Oliver Wolff read a chapter of her novel entitled ‘The Little Nun in White,’ while Jill Rutherford read a light hearted story about how she never won the Lottery, and when she did win a prize in a raffle, it turned out to be the same bottle of wine which she had donated. Liz Wright, Eliza Davies and Mike Fleming read their short poems, which everyone also enjoyed.

At the critique meeting held at Lindsay Crawford Jones’ home, five writers were present, including a guest member, Gary Tulley; on his behalf Lindsay read out a chapter of his work-in-progress crime novel ‘The Spook who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.’

As guests at the Eastbourne Speakers Club, Eliza Davies won first prize in the ‘Prepared Speeches’ section, and Tony Flood won ‘Best Topics Speaker of the Night’ award. Eliza told Anderida members that her book of poems is being advertised on the Sussex University website.

Dorit Oliver Wolff entertained pupils from Brighton College with a totally absorbing lecture about her experiences as a young girl who survived the holocaust. Julian Withers, History Teacher, commented… “Here is a story that should be told to as many as possible….hers was a most moving lecture, but also an extremely uplifting one.”

After the success of ‘Hacking It’ members of Anderida were offered the chance of submitting suitable stories or scripts which could be turned into low budget films lasting 20-25 minutes. Kevin Haughton took up the offer and his story, “Smitten,” had been accepted by Eastbourne Movie Makers.

Members were invited to enter the Eastbourne Writes Competition 2012, part of the Eastbourne Festival. Submissions were sought on the theme of ‘The Day After.’ Winning entries would be included in an e-book and paperback published by ‘My Voice.’

From a choice of three venues for future main meetings (Fishermen’s Club, Tapas Bar or Senior’s Club) the majority of members voted for the Seniors Club at Alice Croft House, Cornfield Lane.

At the March AGM Harry and Pam Pope decided to step down as Competition Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. Chairman Tony Flood said…”their efforts over many years are much appreciated. Harry, our former Chairman, has been involved in all sorts of projects which he has tackled with great enthusiasm, so I am delighted to present them both with a Special Service Award”.

As Pam handed over the accounts to the newly elected Treasurer, Roger Hardman, she was pleased to announce that the financial situation was in a far healthier state than at the same period the previous year.

Liz Baker, last year’s winner of the coveted Anderida Accolade, for her outstanding services to the Club, presented the trophy to 2012 winner, Chairman Tony Flood.

A few weeks later, Tony’s book ‘My Life With The Stars – Best, Ali and the Panties’ was published by My Voice Publishing. Dec Cluskey, of the Bachelors pop group said in a review, “If you want to know the in’s and out’s of Show Biz, Sport, films and politics this book is the one!”

Brigitte Sumner organised a literary treat for the local community in the form of Eastbourne Writes Book Fair, where there were interesting talks, readings and workshops by authors and tutors. Brigitte commented “I am pleased with how well this event has been received.” Tony Flood launched his book ‘My Life with the Stars –Best, Ali and the Panties’ at the Fair. Also just published was ‘Write by the Sea,’ a compilation by members of Coast Writers. Jill Rutherford was one of the winners in the Eastbourne Writes competition on the theme of ‘The Day After.’

Anderida’s annual in-house writing competition invited entries on the theme of ‘Winners and Losers’ to be sent to competition secretary Mike Fleming.

At the April main meeting speaker Jacq Malloy, gave a talk about ‘The Correct Way to Provide a Critique,’ and she also advised on how to accept a critique.

July brought the annual members writing competition, ably organised by Mike Fleming. Tony Flood commented that: “Anderida Writers’ increasing popularity is highlighted by the fact that we are attracting to our meetings well known personalities from the entertainment world in actors Jeffrey Holland and his wife Judy Buxton, singer Dec Cluskey from The Bachelors and his wife Sandy and actor Alan G. Baker.” Jeff and Judy read the entries on the theme of ‘Winners and Losers,’ and the fully paid up members in the audience were the judges. Winner of the short story section was Tony Flood, with Jenny Jewiss second and Jill Rutherford third. Other prizes went to Maria Louka, Heather Flood and Harry Pope. The poetry section resulted in Liz Wright coming first, Dave Wells second and Heather Flood third.

Members agreed to help ‘market’ each others books, (by word of mouth, Facebook and Twitter) to increase awareness of their availability. Liz Wright and Francis Wait set up a lending library of informative books on creative writing, as well as members’ published books. Borrowing charges would be just 25p per book. Anderida also operated a stall at the Sovereign Harbour Community Market for 3 weeks to promote the Club and sell members books.

Website designer Gareth Thomas set up an extensive website for Liz Wright, Tony Flood and Harry Pope, and was then asked to design a special website for the Club. As a goodwill gesture, to help promote his fledgling business, Gareth offered to provide his services for free for a year, with the club covering any expenses.

With Newsletter editor Liz Baker being snowed under with work, Maria Louka kindly offered to help out by formatting items edited by Tony Flood.

Maria also hosted the extra critique meeting which was attended by Jenny Jewiss, Liz Baker, Francis Wait, Heather and Tony Flood. Maria’s wonderful hospitality, which included her own special cocktail and buffet, plus some excellent readings, made this a great event.

Kevin Haughton suggested that we should become trendy and wear T-shirts promoting Anderida Writers and published authors could include a print of their books cover picture.

Harry Pope had a mention in the Herald in response to his claim that he is now Eastbourne’s own erotic novel writer and his sex romp books, under the name of Harry Blue, were compared with the new, raunchy Best Seller ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’ He also had a letter published in the ‘Daily Mail’ with the heading ‘We oldies hope that gym will still fix it.’

Heather and Tony Flood hosted the Anderida Social and Poetry evening in August. Prizes for the poetry competition were provided by Tim Hamilton Clarke from the Wild Jam Company. Winners were Gabrielle Antonia, Tony Jewiss, Liz Wright, Diane Brookens, Audrey Chalifoux, Eliza Davies, Maria Louka and Mike Fleming. Tony Flood read out the first draft of his speech, ‘Battle of the Sexes’ for the Toastmasters competition, and received useful feedback, including on tips how to iron out faults.

Novelist and writing tutor Vanessa Gebbie gave a talk at the September main meeting about her journey as a writer.

Chairman Tony Flood asked members to support Progeria sufferer Hayley Okines by buying her book, ‘Old Before My Time,’ or selling tickets for a fund raising event for her treatment.

As a marketing exercise members were encouraged to publicise the books of the Club’s published authors, suggesting that they were eminently suitable as Christmas presents. The authors listed were: Philippa Drake, Tony Flood, Heather Flood, Brigitte Sumner, Harry Pope, Jill Rutherford, Liz Wright, Diane Brookens, Mike Fleming.

On Saturday September 29th, a ‘one off’ stall at Langney Shopping Centre was made available for Anderida Writers to promote the club and sell the increasing range of books by the club’s published authors. The stall was run by Tony and Heather Flood and Francis and Angela Wait.

Mike Fleming launched his new book, The Fish on my Ear and Other Stories’ on November 17th at Tome Books, Terminus Road. He signed his books and gave a reading.

Tony Flood set up a Forum on Facebook where members could share and receive information with each other. Harry Pope submitted a number of useful tips on Travel Writing for the November Newsletter and suggested that a website for writers, www.circalit.com was well worth a visit.

Opera singer and writer Jane Metcalf passed on her advice and knowledge gained through her impressive list of experiences, from writing for musical/theatrical ventures to singing with the D’Oyly Carte Opera for four years.

Accounts for the year to December 31st 2012 showed that there was £358.04 in the bank and £36.73 cash in hand.

Jill Rutherford was the winner of the Eastbourne Dickens Fellowship short story competition. Her prize was a £50 book token, a bound, illustrated hardback edition of ‘A Christmas Carol’ and publication of the story on the Eastbourne Herald’s website.

Harry and Pam Pope made friends with a writers group in Australia: Reynella Writers, located in a suburb of Adelaide. Contact is Tony Lee, 13 Floyd Court, Old Reynella, South Australia, 5161.

The Anderida Writers Constitution was updated by a sub-committee of Tony Flood, Tony Jewiss and Mike Smith and their proposals led to the following amendments being made. (Changes underlined).

1. NAME.
The name of the organisation shall be ANDERIDA WRITERS, EASTBOURNE.

2. OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Anderida Writers shall be to encourage members in the writing craft by means of monthly meetings, workshops and other related activities.

3. MEMBERSHIP.
Membership shall be full, temporary guest membership or, in a few special cases, honorary. Membership shall be subject to the approval of the committee, whose decision shall be final. The committee reserve the right to deny membership should it be deemed necessary in the interests of the club. The committee shall have the power to propose the withdrawal of membership from anyone whose conduct renders him or her unsuitable. Any member shall have the right of appeal by writing to the Chairman for the committee to consider, but the committee’s decision shall be final. The same ruling applies to temporary guest members who can attend for up to five meetings upon payment of a guest fee each time. A guest member needs to attend at least one monthly meeting to be eligible to attend any additional meetings at members’ homes. Honorary members shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. (AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JENNY JEWISS)

4. SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Full members shall pay the annual subscription in force at that time in full at the Annual General Meeting, at which the annual subscription shall be decided for the following year. The Committee may recommend changes in subscriptions, which should be duly confirmed by an Annual General Meeting. Temporary guest members shall pay a few at the meetings they attend. Such fees shall be decided by the Committee.

5. CONSTITUTION
A copy of the constitution shall be available to members on request. Changes to the constitution can only be made at the Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting, and proposed changes must be given at least 10 days in advance of such meetings. However, notice of these meetings must be given at least one month in advance in the case of an AGM and 14 days in advance in the case of an EGM. (Full details are given under ‘Meetings.)

6. MANAGEMENT.
The Officers and Committee shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting.

The Committee shall consist of: Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, assistant treasurer and up to four other members. The Committee shall have the power to co-opt not more than two members with full voting rights. Four members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

If there is a tied vote, the Chairman shall have the casting vote. (AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY MIKE FLEMING.)

The Chairman and all members of the Committee shall be eligible for re-election after one year. The Chairman’s term of office shall not exceed three consecutive years. The Committee shall have the power to fill any casual vacancy during the year with an eligible member.

An Honorary Auditor shall be appointed at the AGM. (AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ROGER HARDMAN.)

7. MEETINGS.
Regular meetings shall normally be held on the second Tuesday of each month.
The Annual General Meeting shall be held in March of each year, for which the necessary notice of at least one month shall be given to members. The business of the AGM shall include:
a. The Chairman’s Report.
b. Report from the Secretary.
c. Report from the Treasurer, who shall present audited accounts. (AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JENNY JEWISS.)
d. The election of Officers and Committee, nominations for which must be received by the Secretary at least seven days before the meeting unless an existing Officer resigns at the AGM without giving sufficient advance notice. Nominations from full members shall be proposed and seconded, and the consent of the nominees obtained.

e. Any amendment to the Constitution, or motion, of which at least 10 days’ notice, in writing, has been given.

f. Any other business.

The Chairman, or two Officers, or one Officer and one ordinary Committee member, may call a special Committee Meeting. The Secretary has to be notified of this meeting in time to give the Committee 14 days notice of it. At Committee meetings, the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer shall be asked to give updates.

An Extraordinary General Meeting may be called by the Chairman and Secretary on the receipt by the Secretary of a requisition stating the purpose of such a meeting. An EGM may also be called on the receipt of a similar requisition signed by at least four members.

Fourteen days notice of an EGM shall be given to members, stating its purpose, and the business of the meeting shall be confined to this purpose only. One fourth of the total full membership shall constitute a quorum.

The Chairman, Vice Chairman or Secretary must be present to chair an EGM. (PROPOSED BY JENNY JEWISS)

8. PUBLICITY
Members shall be advised of the club activities by means of a regular newsletter. A Press Officer or Marketing Officer shall issue press releases to the media, which have been written with the approval of the Chairman.

9. PROPERTY
Income and property shall be applied solely to the promotion of the objectives of the club, and no part thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of other profit or remuneration, with the exception of any project undertaken for charitable purposes, to be determined by the committee. (AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY MIKE FLEMING.)

10. DISSOLUTION OR AMALGAMATION.
Anderida Writers, Eastbourne shall not be dissolved or amalgamated except by a resolution at an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting. In this event, the remaining assets, after payment of all liabilities, shall be devoted to objectives similar to those of Anderida Writers.

11. FINANCES AND FINANCIAL YEAR.
The financial year ends on December 31st. A balance sheet, as at December 31st and profit and loss account, showing all the income and outgoings for the year to December 31st, shall be provided to the treasurer to the auditor, together with a bank statement, in time to allow the auditor to approve these and submit them to the Chairman by January 31st. The treasurer will then present the audited accounts, including a balance sheet and bank statement, up to end of the club’s financial year, to the AGM, normally on the second Tuesday in March, seeking the approval of members.

Monetary assets should be kept in the club’s own Bank or Building Society instant access account, which should be subject to two signatures being needed for withdrawals from two out of four of the following officials: Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chairman or Membership Secretary. Monies paid to the club should be banked within seven days. (AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY MIKE FLEMING, ROGER HARDMAN AND LIZ WRIGHT.)

12. COMPETITIONS
Competition rules shall be drawn up by a Competition Committee of at least three members, including the Competition Secretary, and be approved by the club Chairman.

Entries for competitions must be submitted to the Competition Secretary by the deadline given. They should be sent anonymously in a sealed envelope, inside which should be placed another sealed envelope that contains a separate cover sheet, showing the name of the entrant, contact details and title.

The envelopes containing the entrants’ identities shall not be opened until after the results have been decided.

Any entries containing profanities or considered to be inappropriate can be rejected by the Competition Secretary, with the approval of the Chairman or the Competition Committee.

In competitions judged by members, every member must give a mark out of 10 to every entry or risk having their voting paper declared void. Entrants present at the judging will be allowed to give whatever mark they wish out of a total of 10 to every entry, including their own. Only full members and guest voters who have attended at least one previous meeting are eligible to vote.

In competitions judged by guest judges, these judges will be given a deadline to submit their marks at least two weeks before the announcement of results.

All judges will use the same marking system and will not be given access to other judges’ votes. Judges’ original marks, and unopened envelopes containing entrants’ identities, will be validated by the Competition Secretary and another member of the Competition committee.

Anderida does not have an obligation to return entries, and has the right to display entries on the club website and/or in the newsletter. (AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY JENNY JEWISS, JILL RUTHERFORD AND HEATHER FLOOD.)


Keith Ridley, Editor-in-Chief of Eastbourne Gazette/Herald, congratulating 91 year old Harry Bankhead on winning first prize in the article category of the semi-open writing competition with the theme of 'Beautiful
Sussex.'
 

Dec Clusky, from 'The Bachelors' group presenting Anderida member Jill Rutherford with second prize for her non-fiction entry in the semi-open writing competition on the theme of 'Beautiful Sussex.'


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