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At our latest meeting, members and guests voted on a quality collection of stories entered for the Port500 using specific words and phrases. Frank Urban was a clear winner with his 500 words stretching the imagination in a concoction involving Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg. January was a fun meeting with a visual prompt exercise run by Tom Penrose. Fascinating to see the varied viewpoints of the prompt from different writers. Just goes to show how everything is filtered by our experience, knowledge and emotion. It reinforces the point that, even though other people may have written something before, they… Read More »Frank Urban – Port500 Winner

A small group of published and aspiring writers joined pens to establish Port Writers Inc, a local community-led writers’ group for and by writers. Meeting up in a local loungeroom, organisation began and members elected to positions and committee roles. The group officially kicks off by opening its doors to new members from January 2015. Keep an eye on this space – we aim to be around for a long time. Our inaugural Committee from November 2014: Back – Debra Deasey, Gillian Scott, Fay Blundell, Melanie Wass (Committee Members) Front – Wendy Haynes (Treasurer), Rachel Palmer (President), Frank Urban (Secretary)… Read More »Port Writers Begins Writing Its Own Chapter