Moorside Writers
Contact: Dorothy Cooke (Secretary), 19 Hill Top Road, Dronfield S18 1UH
The group was
formed in 1997 after members had completed a WEA creative writing
course together. We meet every week in each other's homes, with a
core membership of 10. Our current chairperson is John Pratt.
In 2001 we applied for, and received, an Awards for All Lottery
grant. This has funded a year-long programme of writing workshops
and performance evenings under the heading ‘Writing, reading
and sharing’. Following the success of these events, we plan
to hold monthly open meetings at Chesterfield Library throughout
2003.
Individual members have had success in competitions (e.g. NAWG
Awards) and publication in Envoi, Staple, etc., but our main
outlet for bringing our work to public notice is by performance
readings. We usually invite musicians to join us – a jazz
group, singers - and have built up an ever-growing and
appreciative audience.
We are currently working on the production of our third
anthology.