Skipjack
Active Member
I'm hope that I'm not making a plank of myself, as I have eight months' worth of unopened CBs on my bunkside table, but has the Writers' Competition been consigned to Davey Jones' Locker?
When it ran, I regarded it as the high point of the year. That was probably because I entered my own poor scribblings, and had the vested interest, but I did enjoy reading the winning entries that had justifiably kicked my literary arse.
The one that holed me below the waterline, and still evokes a dewy eye was the superb winning entry that played on two levels; the reality of a cancer ridden old salt found stiff on the pontoon, and the dream sequence of him casting off with his beautiful young bride as the morning sun danced on the East Coast waves...........
Also, as one of the (best, in my opinion) judges was Sam Llewellyn, it drew me to his work, of which I have now read a good deal. I actually enjoyed the Malpas Legacy the most, which is the least boaty, but broods over the dark shadows of an Ireland superficially bathed in sunshine. Don't expect a Hollywood ending with Llewellyn, as the closure is often brutal, but the canvas is brilliant with colour.
So (Points of View voice), please, please, please Classic Baot, bring back the writing competition, preferably with Sam Llewellyn as adjudicator
<hr width=100% size=1>Sort out those fenders! Crossplys to port and radials to starboard!
When it ran, I regarded it as the high point of the year. That was probably because I entered my own poor scribblings, and had the vested interest, but I did enjoy reading the winning entries that had justifiably kicked my literary arse.
The one that holed me below the waterline, and still evokes a dewy eye was the superb winning entry that played on two levels; the reality of a cancer ridden old salt found stiff on the pontoon, and the dream sequence of him casting off with his beautiful young bride as the morning sun danced on the East Coast waves...........
Also, as one of the (best, in my opinion) judges was Sam Llewellyn, it drew me to his work, of which I have now read a good deal. I actually enjoyed the Malpas Legacy the most, which is the least boaty, but broods over the dark shadows of an Ireland superficially bathed in sunshine. Don't expect a Hollywood ending with Llewellyn, as the closure is often brutal, but the canvas is brilliant with colour.
So (Points of View voice), please, please, please Classic Baot, bring back the writing competition, preferably with Sam Llewellyn as adjudicator
<hr width=100% size=1>Sort out those fenders! Crossplys to port and radials to starboard!
