Sheppey and Sittingbourne Writers

Man may move mountains - poetry moves the soul

Swale Arts Forum Bursary

Sheppey and Sittingbourne Writers are hosting the Swale Arts Forum Bursay this year to be awarded in 2010.  Information can be found on the Swale Arts Forum website.  It is open to writers and information, rules and conditions can be found by clicking HERE.  Or see the news page for details. 

Meetings

First Monday of the month - The Red Lion Pub in Sittingbourne High Street

Third Tuesday of the Month - The Ship on Shore Pub - Marine Parade, Sheerness

Time: about 8pm.

Welcome to our Home page

 As the title says - welcome to our Home page.  Sheppey Writers are a small group based on the Isle of Sheppey who write poems, short stories and longer works.  Some of us sally forth from Sheppey to read and recite poems and short stories in various places as and when we see the chance and although we call ourselves Sheppey Writers we do have members in Sittingbourne.  We are part of the Swale Arts Forum and in conjunction with the Sheppey Women's Writers we are involved in the SECC project taking part in the pilot scheme. 

Browse through the rest of the pages and enjoy our work.  It will soon be time to change the contents of some of the pages.  Visitors to the site are invited to submit work and become a member for the small annual fee of £2.50 to help with expenses.  We organize workshops for our members at reduced fees, and try to print out a newsletter with member's work included for those who do not use the internet as their main means of contact and for those occasional rentals when we use the Little Theatre or any other venue. 

You can now contact the chairman by e-mail at:

   pusspuss2@talktalk.net

Green Arrow Publishing

I have included a piece about Green Arrow Publishing (GAP) in support of Scriptor 7 and Fine Scribes

Click here for information.

New book!

The long awaited publication by popular writer Ruth Partis is now out!

Entitled My Sister's Shoes and other stories and poems it is published by Green Arrow and available from this site or from Ruth at: ruthpartis@hotmail.com

See the Book Review Page

 

Links

Please note that on the guestbook page there are some links to other sites in the freewebs system; give them a try and make comments.  We will also be adding links to other local sites that will be of interest to Sheppey and Sittingbourne writers.  It is expected that we will be linking up with groups from Faversham, Canterbury and other places in the area.  As we develop the links so we will find others and add them to the list.  For the moment try those listed below.

 

 

Vital Information

Current Chairman -  James Apps MA

Patron - Derek Wyatt MP

Sheppey Writers and Artists

My name is James Apps and I am the elected chairman of the Sheppey & Sittingbourne Writers' Group based on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.  Along with my colleagues in the group I am proud to be part of the Artistic life of Sheppey, a much maligned area of Kent.  I write poetry, short stories and longer work and encourage young writers to take their first steps on the rocky road to literary recognition.  A life long fan of Pooh Bear, Three Men in a Boat, The owl and the Pussycat, The Goons, Monty Python and motorcycles and a devotee of William Shakespeare's intricate scribblings, I go for the comic and bizarre as well as the deep and meaningful. 

As you can imagine, from the above paragraph you will see that the Sheppey and Sittingbourne Writers’ Group are proud of their connection with the Isle of Sheppey.  The island is an ancient land named after its ability to graze sheep, famed for its bird sanctuary, the Harty Ferry with its ancient tavern and isolated church, and of late the graceful new Swale Crossing bridge. It is home to modest artistic talent and a unique Naval history and it was here that the Nore Mutiny was based, and where Lord Nelson took his command and dallied with Lady Hamilton. Once a favourite for Londoners as a seaside holiday resort Sheppey enjoyed the prosperity and history of a Naval Dockyard, had its own light railway to Leysdown and a ferry to Holland from Queenborough. Known, sometimes derogatively by outsiders, as "Swampies" the native Sheppey Islander is fiercely loyal and proud to be born on the island and is never slow to remind visitors that Sheppey was home to England’s first efforts at flight. The airfield at Eastchurch was also the setting for the radio programme "Much Binding in the Marsh" and that not far from there is the community of Shell Ness. And even further back than that is the Minster Abbey, an ancient building from where Queen Sexburger herself set out.

Submissions and subscriptions

The submissions page has guidelines for submitting work to Sheppey Writers and these will change from time to time according to our current theme.  At present we are not running any competitions but we expect to do so in 2008.  For details of events and competitions see the News Page where the rules of all competitons will be posted. 

Subscriptions run from October of each year and are set at £5.00 payable by cheque at present with concessions for the first half year.  We do not give refunds. 

For Submissions click here

For Subscriptions click here

The Promenade on Marine Parade Sheerness

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members Area

Welcome to Our Site

We hope you enjoy looking at our site and use the links we offer to other sites.  Please sign the Guestbook and watch the News page for events and reports.  This site is open for members work but other work will be considered. 

 

We are also members of the SWALE ARTS FORUM

 

2010 Swale Arts Forum Bursary - worth £700 to a Swale Writer see NEWS page!

 

 See links on home page for new link to a new and exciting site.

Also - new book by Save As writers group.

 

Check out the news page for coming events and also Members Work for a new story by Gordon Henderson and a wierd tale by James Apps.

Recent Photos

   

New Writers

See First Chapters for a new writer!