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The Awards were presented at a ceremony on Thursday 8th November in Haddington's Town House.
Midlothian:
First Prize - Prose Jean Durrand - The Party
Frirst Prize - Poetry Lesley Kelly - Sangsters
East Lothian
First Prize - Prose Jill Madden - Ticket to Sugarloaf
First Prize - Poetry: Kenneth Blues Wilson - Banister's Negs
Highly Commended
David Purdie - Droozie Driftin, Kenny Gilchrist - Fields of Honour, Mary Johnston - Makar, Judith Stewart - Brimingham Grandma, Jo Gibson - Stars, Jamie Graham - Whit Kin Ah Dae Between Bin Days, Zoe Emma Masters - Tea Mountain, Lesley Kelly - Comrade Mouse in the Alexanderplatz, Richard Broadhurst - The Smell of Coffee, Judith Stewart - Miss Fazackerly and the Miracle, John Scott - A Night to Remember, John Hampton - Some Reminiscences of War, Grief and Peace.
The Winners
Writer-in-Residence 2007, Debbie Miller, after her presentation
The Alison Kinnaird trophy
With the news that our latest application to the Scottish Arts Council
for a Writer-in-Residence post has not been successful, Tyne & Esk
Writers is holding a Consultation Meeting on Wednesday 19th November 2008
at 7:30pm in Dalkeith Library.
This from Peter Cudmore:
On November 30th our readers will be Frances Leviston, Ian McDonough, and a guest from the USA, Susan Tichy. More news about that, including confirmation of the venue, nearer the date.
Angus Binnie's A Teenage Soldier, published by Tyne & Esk Writers,
was available at the Writer of the Year Awards.
Donald McKinney's book of short stories - Why We Howl At the Moon -
is now available from Calder Wood Press
The Dunbar Group has produced a 2009 Calendar, featuring photos and texts by members of the group.
It will be available from Group reps in the near future, when more details will be posted.
Details on all of these, and many more, on the Publications page.