Annual Awards 2009/2010

Annual Awards 2009/2010 (2010-07-12 20:00:00)

At our recent AGM we honoured three members with awards for their writing achievements and contribution to the well-being of the group over the last twelve months.

• Writer of the Year award to Lee Taylor.

• Taylor Award (for services to the group) to Wendy Naylor.

• Newcomer of the Year Award to Sally Clarke.

From left to right: Sally Clarke, Lee Taylor and Wendy Naylor.

Sally Clarke, a recent addition to the group, gained Newcomer of the Year for the improvement in her writing skills. Sally has recently set up a haiku website, and is looking forward to encouraging others to write poetry.

Wendy Naylor, grandmother and long-time member of the Slough Writers, received the Taylor Award for services to the group. Ever willing to step in and help, she has worked hard to ensure that everything has run smoothly during the 2009/2010 season.

The final annual award – the Writer of the Year – went to Lee Taylor. It was a popular decision, as Lee has managed, in the few years in which he has been a member of Slough Writers, to be included in the anthology for the Bristol Prize, and win a number of our internal competitions as well as local competitions. Now retired, he is hard at work on his first novel.