I Dips Me Lid to Maureen - My Writing Workshop Muse!
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:47 pm
Hello All (and especially Maureen) ...
I've said in the past that I'm indebted to our writing workshop for inspiring me to create poems which, with expansion and embellishment, have gone on to become prize-winners.
Well, it's happened again - twice this month in fact. So I began to think of all the poems for which I've won written prizes or HCs or other successes, and which started out their life in the writing workshop. I was amazed at how many there are! In case you don't believe me, here's a list, from the most recent going back ...
Buy-Swap-Sell - 1st Prize - 2017 Australian Championship - Humorous
A Red Dirt Road to Nowhere - 1st Prize - 2017 West Wyalong Pals of the Pen - plus HC in 2017 Kembla Flame and HC in 2016 WA Championships
Rain in the City - Selected for 2017 International Anthology "Crafting Emotion"
Lost for Words - 1st Prize - 2017 Dunedoo Humorous Section
At the End of the Day - Top 10 - 2017 Rabindranath Tagore International Competition
Among my Souvenirs - HC - 2016 Looming Legends Tenterfield Oracles of the Bush
In Her Dreams - HC - 2016 Boyup Brook WA
Reflections on Visiting a Burmese Village (Kyrielle Sonnet) - Top 10 - 2016 Rabindranath Tagore International Competition
The Street Where I Grew Up - 1st Prize - 2015 Walkamin North Qld
I'm not posting these statistics to boast - but just to illustrate the amazing benefits of our writing workshop. Would I have written any of these poems if not for Maureen's prompts? I seriously doubt it.
So, Maureen - thank you SO much - and if you ever need proof that your prompting endeavours are worthwhile - this is it!!
Take a bow and keep it up, please!
And for those who don't participate - I heartily encourage you to do so.
Cheers
Shelley
I've said in the past that I'm indebted to our writing workshop for inspiring me to create poems which, with expansion and embellishment, have gone on to become prize-winners.
Well, it's happened again - twice this month in fact. So I began to think of all the poems for which I've won written prizes or HCs or other successes, and which started out their life in the writing workshop. I was amazed at how many there are! In case you don't believe me, here's a list, from the most recent going back ...
Buy-Swap-Sell - 1st Prize - 2017 Australian Championship - Humorous
A Red Dirt Road to Nowhere - 1st Prize - 2017 West Wyalong Pals of the Pen - plus HC in 2017 Kembla Flame and HC in 2016 WA Championships
Rain in the City - Selected for 2017 International Anthology "Crafting Emotion"
Lost for Words - 1st Prize - 2017 Dunedoo Humorous Section
At the End of the Day - Top 10 - 2017 Rabindranath Tagore International Competition
Among my Souvenirs - HC - 2016 Looming Legends Tenterfield Oracles of the Bush
In Her Dreams - HC - 2016 Boyup Brook WA
Reflections on Visiting a Burmese Village (Kyrielle Sonnet) - Top 10 - 2016 Rabindranath Tagore International Competition
The Street Where I Grew Up - 1st Prize - 2015 Walkamin North Qld
I'm not posting these statistics to boast - but just to illustrate the amazing benefits of our writing workshop. Would I have written any of these poems if not for Maureen's prompts? I seriously doubt it.
So, Maureen - thank you SO much - and if you ever need proof that your prompting endeavours are worthwhile - this is it!!
Take a bow and keep it up, please!
And for those who don't participate - I heartily encourage you to do so.
Cheers
Shelley