A wonderful night at the Arnold's Creek Community Centre where the Melton City Council presented the prizes to the Melton Short Story competition winners. I was pleased to see that my writing group Wordsmiths of Melton members past & present had a good representation among the winners.
Congratulations go to Julee Stillman, Loraine Jones, Craig Henderson, and Toni Iannela who all picked up gongs. To hear Julee's winning entry read to the gathering added an extra dimension to the evening.
A big mention to the council for supporting the writers of our area and promoting the idea that anyone and everyone has a story to tell. Competitions like this one extend an idea into desire and then over time a writer crafts a story and with every word they improve their craft. Bringing well known authors to Melton to talk to aspiring writers is inspiring and offers excellent role models to follow.
The winning entries of the younger writers were beautiful and listening to them being read with my eyes shut woke every sense to the descriptive action.
Well done everyone.
I agree Terry, it was a great night. The speeches made by Archie Fusillo and Beverley Eikli were inspiring for all writers. Congratulations to Jullee for her suspenseful winning short story.
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