Join Writer’s Ink

Attention all writers! Is the pandemic getting you down? Are you bored? Lack motivation? Need some writing ideas? We have the answer, writes Drummond Marvin.

Writer´s Ink, a writer´s group in Alicante, Spain, has devised an exciting international competition to help us out of the doldrums. There is no entry fee and you do not have to leave the comfort and safety of your home. All it will cost you is your time, of which we seem to have plenty of right now.

‘The contest will run over three periods in the year and will consist of teams from three different circles either locally or internationally. Writers will be given the ingredients of a story to be written in a particular genre. The individual writers from each circle will use their imagination and clever use of words to come up with the best two-page story. The stories will be judged and winners selected by their own peers. Then each winning story will be sent to the main judge who will decide upon the Grand Winner. Judging will be based on creativity and imagination, the more bizarre the better.

‘Attempts to enlist circles in France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the USA are ongoing. So far, comments from those who have replied include – intriguing, unique, sounds like fun. All countries are encouraged to join in this fun.

‘The competition was not devised with Covid19 in mind. But it may well have been as the pandemic doesn’t hinder it in anyway. For more information about this entertaining competition, please contact me,

dmarvin@hotmail.co.uk