Deddington Writing Competition

FROM HUGH MARSHALL, THE DAEDINGS
The Deddington Writing Competition has been a feature of the Deddington Festival for several years and the Writers’ Group is very grateful for the support given by an increasing number of writers in different parts of the UK who pay to enter. We are also grateful to local headteachers and schools that encourage pupils to enter; to the judges (usually four) who give their time to read shortlisted entries and decide on the prize-winners; to local professional actors who add an extra dimension by reading winning entries at the Awards Evening, and especially to the Festival Committee which has underwritten the Competition with a modest grant each year. But, as we discovered this year at the Awards Evening, the amount of detailed administration of 360 or more entries is proving too much for a small group of amateur writers to handle accurately, while administering the whole Competition. We are therefore asking if anyone (or a team of two) would be willing to support this local initiative by receiving, registering and filing the entries as they come in, mostly during March/April and also assist with the distribution of prizes and certificates to the short-listed entrants in June/July. We hope that with a small amount of assistance this worthwhile enterprise may not founder under the weight of its own success. Please contact Hugh Marshall (337761) or Donald Lane (337199) if you are interested.