Friday, 26 February 2010

Rotton Park Theatre Company visits StOW

REMINDER

The Stoke-on-Writing (StOW) writers' group is pleased to announce our first Guest Speakers. On 10th April 2010, from 11.30 am to 1.00 pm, StOW hosts a Q&A session on scriptwriting with the Rotten Park Road Theatre Company’s Lynne Payne (Creative Producer) and Patrick McConnell (Artistic Director and Resident Writer).

The Rotten Park Road Theatre Company is an amalgamation of Staffordshire-based artists who joined forces to create new, challenging and interesting work in a variety of mediums. The Rotten Park Theatre Company will have a permanent base at the Mitchell Memorial Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent when it reopens later in 2010. For more information visit their site.

This talk is free to StOW members; there is a small fee of £2.00 for non-members. Space is limited so please book in advance, and book soon: email here.
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Poetry Competition

FREE TO ENTER
The Poetry Contest
£1,000 first prize.

From the press release: "We are delighted to invite FREE entries for the National Poetry Anthology. The competition aims to encourage more people to write poetry. It's open to all UK residents, young or old. Over 250 winners are selected each year, each one representing a different UK town or area. All winners are published in the anthology and all receive a FREE copy of the book. Send up to three poems (20 lines and 160 words maximum each) by June 30th 2010 to United Press Ltd, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB (www.unitedpress.co.uk). One overall winner will also receive a cheque for £1,000 and the National Poetry Champion Trophy."
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Thursday, 18 February 2010

Interviewees required for film project

Stoke-on-Writing has received this message from Malia Pimblott:

I am 3rd year student at Staffordshire University studying Media Production. I am currently embarking on my final project for major and in my research came along your your stoke-on-writing blog. As my final film, I am planning to produce a documentary on imagination. For this I am looking for people to interview in the stoke-on-trent area and ask about what they used to imagine when they were children. This can be anything, from imaginary friends, worlds, games they came up with, anything that can convey imagination.

For this project I want to interview people who are creative and thought that you might be able to point me in the right direction with some of the writers who follower your blog. even just posting a message up on your blog or facebook page would be a great help. If you are interested in any details or more information please don't hesitate to contact me on my e-mail.

Thank you for your time.
Malia Pimblott (Staffordshire University Media Production Student)
maliapimblott@yahoo.co.uk