CROYDON WRITERS

Diary and Events 2023

Meeting Basic Pattern 2023

Unless otherwise noted meetings are held on  the second Monday of each month starting at 7.20 for 7.30 pm

EACH MAIN MEETING DEVOTES THE FIRST HALF HOUR AS FOLLOWS:

Brief Business Matters;
Member Reports - on personal projects and writings. All members present can expect to speak. In addition we may spend some time on illustrations surrounding some technical writing point, style point - characterisation for example.
Main Business: A visiting speaker, workshop, presentation or discussion


PROGRAMME FOR MEETINGS
All meetings are on the 2nd Monday of the month 7.20 for 7.30 pm
(With some exceptions in 2023 - shown *)
(No meeting in January)
Deadline For Writer of the Month (WOTM):
copy to Chair by last day  of each month.
Critiques by 15th of the next month.
(Except December and January)
So:
First WOTM - last day of February - but you are probably writing it now...
First Critiques by 15th March




JAN :          No Meeting  

FEB    13  
Discussion of events in the coming year: ideas, adjustments (DONE)

MAR    13  
Spring Issue Croydon Writers Magazine published. (Copy FULL)
   13  
AGM and General Meeting. 
    20    Deadline for copy for Anthology
     31  Deadline for March Writer of the Month

* APRIL 18    WORKSHOP - Writing - Lead Nikki Aduba (Note change of date AND DAY from  Monday 11 to TUESDAY 18th) 
          
30  Deadline for April Writer of the Month  

*MAY:  8       No Meeting - Coronation events - (Note change of date from 8)  
      16   TUESDAY 16th Historical Writing (Michael Round)
  
    31  Deadline for May Writer of the Month 
    31  Deadline for copy for Summer issue The Magazine
                 
JUNE 12   Summer Issue Croydon Writers Magazine published (COPY CALL)
     12  Details TBA

                30  Deadline for March Writer of the Month
  
       

JULY:   10   VISITING SPEAKER - KAREN McLEOD
      LIFE WRITING AND COMEDY WRITING -
      a window into my practice'
  
   31  Deadline for July Writer of the Month

AUG:   14     (No Meeting to be held) GARDEN PARTY SATURDAY 14TH
                No Writer of the Month 
    26  Deadline for copy for Summer issue The Magazine
     

SEPT:   11    Autumn Issue Croydon Writers Magazine published 
     11    
 PLOTTING - THE CHALLENGES
         
    30  Deadline for March Writer of the Month

    
     

OCT:      9     Editing, developing and proofing our work
     
         31  Deadline for March Writer of the Month  
    

NOV:    13      PLOTTING - THE CHALLENGES

              30

  Deadline for November Writer of the Month


*DEC:     11    Winter Issue Croydon Writers Magazine published 
             
 11 Tuesday;  CHRISTMAS PARTY at the Spread Eagle, readings
                No Writer of the Month

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