Congratulations to Martina Cole for her award nomination at the Crime Writers Association.

Sue Moorcroft's book, Love Writing: How to Make Money Writing Romantic or Erotic Fiction has just been published by Accent Press.

Dorothy Pope has been appointed by the Queen's English Society to their panel of judges for their annual prose writing competition. She has also had two poems published in a regional newspaper, and one in Poems in the Waiting Room.

Daniela Norris' short story, Gathering Storm was shortlisted for the 2009 Bridport Prize.

Vanessa Gebbie is to judge the Short Story category in The New Writer 2010 Prose and Poetry Prizes.

Jean Marian Stevens' poem, Picking the Beans has been selected for inclusion in Forward Press Poets - Southern England, one of the 21st Birthday Anthologies of the Press.

Daphne Schiller has won Third Prize in the McLellan Poetry Award and Third Prize in the Wells Poetry Competition. She was also commended in the Yeovil and Nottingham competitions.

Roberta Grieve's fourth novel, Threads of Silk has been accepted by Robert Hale.