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Frome Festival Short Story Competition 2005 Click on the links below to download short stories as PDF files. Shards by Ann Newbegin (36kb)
International prizes: 1st, £300, The Hat By Claire Pickard, Oxford; 2nd, £100, For You, Hannah by Alice Jolly, Brussels, Belgium; 3rd, Passing Through by Yvonne Jackson, North Yorkshire. Highly commended: Drifters by Sally Gander, Frome; Rabbits by John Ravenscroft, Lincolnshire. Local prizes: Drifters by Sally Gander, Braithwaite Way, Frome; Shards by Ann Newbegin, Bratton, Wiltshire; Learning The Ropes by Rachel Bentham, Bristol. Competition organiser Alison Clink said: “The winning story was about two sisters and how they cope with school. It was a brillinat story, well written, unusual and poignant. “For You, Hannah is a menacing story about a man who picks up a female hitch-hiker. It keeps you gripped because you don’t know whether he going to attack her but in the end, the story is a warning about the dangers of women hitch-hiking alone. “The response this year has been fantastic and the standard was high. We had more than 500 entries from around the world, including New York, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Belgium and of course, Frome. “I am pleased that a local winner came in the top ten given that the entries were anonymously judged. Sally Gander’s story was about a man who has to say goodbye to his two sons. “The competition has been so successful that I am looking forward to running the competition again next year,” she said. Alice Jolly, who won second prize in main competition, travelled specially from Belgium to collect her prize. Clink plans to send a selection of stories which she considers suitable for the female magazine market to Woman’s Weekly. Fifty entrants also paid for a professional critique of their work. Winners and entrants will be welcome to read out their stories at a Prose Cafe in October. A selection of the winning stories will also be available to read online at www.wordswork.net/frome. The prizes were presented by novelist and Man Booker Prize nominee Clare Morrall at the Frome Adult Learning Leisure centre on Sunday. Morrall then talked about her extraordinary writing career. In the past 20 years, she has written five novels which have all been rejected by the major publishing houses. Finally, she found a small publisher in her home town of Birmingham to take on her fifth novel, Astonishing Splashes of Colour. Tindal Street Press submitted the novel to the Man Booker Prize competition in 2003 and it made the final shortlist of six. Morrall read an extract from Astonishing Splashes of Colour and also treated the audience to the first public reading from her latest novel, Natural Flights of the Human Mind. Clink said: “It was an inspiring talk because Clare never gave up writing. As soon as she stopped one novel, she started another and her determination paid off.” After her talk, Morrall was presented with a copy of Frome Hundred by Janet Smith, one of the book’s contributors.
Literary events 1st-10th July Core members of the committee were joined this year by some new faces, who organised their own events. Special thanks to Rosie Finnegan, who organised the wacky and wonderful Writers-in-Residence Day and storytimes in nurseries. A big thank you to Gill Edwards and Deborah Roth for all their work on the first children's story and art competitions, which were well supported by almost 300 entrants. Local storyteller Steve Mynard also hosted a successful festival first on the finale evening of the festival. Team librarian Wendy Miller-Williams, who has responsibility for literature promotion in Mendip and Sedgemoor, said: “As a group, Words@FromeFestival grows in confidence year by year. “We are thrilled by the great enthusiasm and professionalism shown by the speakers we contact and by the dedication and hard work of our committee members, who put in a tremendous amount of effort all year round. Thank you everyone.”
Frome festival GamesCon Sunday 10th July, Cheese & Grain The GamesCon was organised by Wassail Games and Iksentrik Models, both of Catherine Hill. Like last year, a lot of effort had gone into ensuring that there was something going on to interest everyone. The organisers were ably assisted by a friendly and enthusiastic team of games-players in green shirts ready to explain a huge range of games from family favourites, abstract puzzles through to historical battles. There were also guest demonstrators exhibiting their own games or introducing visitors to role-playing games, card games such as Magic and miniatures games, such as War Machine and Confrontation. A team from Wales demonstrated the fast, furious and frustrating card game Fluxx. A popular participation game was Pirates of the Crimson Coast where players tried to amass booty by sailing their model pirate ships to treasure-filled islands. Other popular games (there were dozens!) were the train-themed Ticket to Ride and the tile-laying puzzle game Tantrix, where you could be taught to play by not only the current British numbers two and five but by the runner up in the 2004 World Championships! Food and a keg of Wass Ale, brewed specially by the local Milk Street Brewery, were available at the bar to keep visitors and organisers refreshed. The aim of GamesCon was to attract a new gaming audience. From the numbers that flowed through the door this year, the word is spreading. Toby Whitty |
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Frome Festival Treasure Hunt Thank you for helping us to raise money for the Frome Festival, we hope that you all had an enjoyable time wandering around our wonderful town enjoying the glorious sunshine. The answers to the Hunt are as below, Questions 22 and 29 were void as the objects were removed after the hunt went on sale. We had three winners this year and the name drawn out of the hat by Martin Bax as this years winners were the team called Ottaway and Ehrlicher - Congratulations. Huge thanks go to Helen Minall, Compiler, Rachael Dahl, Artist and Annette Gabbedey our amazing Goldsmith. Answers Starting with your back to the TIC turn left to the 2 P5’s. 1. What red letter is to the right of the English Rose? A. i on the TIC sign Cross over the river under the yellow and black and then turn right at Waterloo and go through the No Entry. 2. A270E what is the letter to complete the sequence in the round opposite Willow Bank. A i on nut on industrial sculpture Bear left between the two Deltas. 3. Between 20 and 9 what is the letter is in the middle of the number? A. G on house number EIGHT Head towards Foundry Barton. 4. Who can be contacted on 417730? A. DS Securities - red alarm box Pass between Willow Mead and Henly Way. Go between 17 and 18 and go down the steps and through the pedestrian gap in the low wall. 5. What is covered by CCTV? A. this sign - emergency sign on side of river 6. What letter is between TEA and GO A. U in words Chateau Gontier Walk on plaque Turn right and head towards the PO. 7. If there are 4 roofs and 12 windows, how many flowers are there? A. 20 flowers - 5 on each At Home with Millers signs Go back in time 8. What is the floating fruit? A. Apple - on mural by Somerfield Left at Ken’s House. 9. What letter has been replaced by the eye? A. O - on Stopwatch sign on cinema Cross over the zebra 10. Solve the puzzle in the Catherine Hill Display Cabinet. A. S Follow the path and up the cobbles. 11. What letter is at 8:10 or 1.40? A. E on Selwood Clock 12. How many Tudor Rose below Deans of Putney? A. 23 on Alms House Stationers 13. What is the first of the third below the laurels? A. P on Microbitz Investor in People Sign Go between the flying motorbikes. 14. What are not always necessary ? A. appointments - on side of Alex Scott hairdressers 15. What was removed during the repaving? A. Gas Lamp - on plaque between Stampers and Past Perfect 16. Solve the puzzle in Wassail Games window. A. N Take the high path back towards the camel. 17. What is the middle letter in the circle between the laurels? A. S on FSB sign on Andrews Coffee Bistro 18. What did Harriet Lamb present to The People of Frome? A. Certificate of Fair Trade - in Town Council Office Window 19. What is the grocer’s middle initial? A. H - Lawerence H Waite, writing above the door. 20. Is 3719773 a number of company or charity? A. Company - Mendip YMCA plaque on Forum building 21. What year is held aloft by the boy? A. 1923 - on drainpipe on new Leisure Centre Turn right, cross at the crossing and continue up the hill. 22. What letter is the third of the place which is half as far as Maiden Bradley? A. L - Mells on directional sign Left towards the Ladies. 23. What is the capital letter after the letter which appears to be missing on Wed 51? A. R - Wed 51 bus service Cros- Roads Turn left and go down the cobbled street. 24. What word is below the phoenix? A. Protection - plaque on The Hermitage 25. P M 7 A B G T F C E M - which letter is missing? A. R - first letter of each line on Gentle Street plaque 26. He was assisted by M O’L but what is the first letter of the mason’s first name? A. B for Brian on same plaque as number 26. Go straight across and down the steps. 27. What is the vowel that appears twice in this losing cat? A. E - Syvester - sticker on St John’s Parish Office window Turn left down the pedestrian street. 28. It starts and ends the one before the continental. A. E for ExperiencE on La Strada facia 29. You want the capital on the sack above the ear. A. F - Flour on Old Bake House sign 30 Solve the Puzzle in Blue Hyacinth A F 31. What is missing from what are catered for. A. R - Parry sign - Pubs and RestauRants 32. Solve the puzzle in Blue Hyacinth A F We hope you all had fun. |
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