AGM, Awards and Poetry Competition Results

The Slough Writers 2008 Annual General Meeting has closed with another round of awards, competition results and review of the year.

The chairman noted it has generally been a good year for the group and a great way to build on the 40th anniversary.

Trophies were presented to the following members:

• Writer of the Year award to Kathleen Adkins.

• Taylor Award (for services to the group) to James Corrin.

• Newcomer of the Year Award to Lee Taylor.

It was agreed that the hard work of all members continued to make Slough Writers a brilliant and dynamic group.

The results of the poetry competition were also announced by Sue Evans and Jules Bowes of Reading Town Women's Guild. The competition theme was to write a poem in the style of the Cautionary Tales of Hilaire Belloc. Sue and Jules agreed that the judging was fun and challenging thanks to the high standard of entries, but the final results were as follows:

• Joint 1st place: Lee Taylor with The Sad and Cautionary Tale of Lieutenant James Owbuthnot Mogg and Tony Matthews with How Terence had To Eat His Words.

• 3rd place: Kathleen Adkins with Herbert.

Lee and Kathleen, 1st and 3rd in the competition.