Hampshire Writers' Society

Based in Winchester, Hampshire Writers’ Society is run by members, for members. We’ve been inspiring and connecting local writers since 2011.

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Upcoming Events

Poetry & Place

Poetry & Place

March 21, 2026    
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Arc
Join Damian Kelly Basher for this 2-hour workshop to look at how the small forms of poetry can help us explore the bigger concept of ‘place’.
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Coffee and writing chat

Coffee and writing chat

April 10, 2026    
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Arc
Join us once a month in the cafe at the Winchester Arc (also known as the library) for writerly chat and mutual encouragement — members […]
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Nick Spalding - An Author's Journey

Nick Spalding – An Author's Journey

April 14, 2026    
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Tower Arts Centre
Join us in April for talks by Nick Spalding and New Forest poet, A J Hardingson. Nick will host a Q & A session about his journey to become an author, followed by A J, who will take us through the benefits and challenges of being a Workshop Facilitator.
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Competitions

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April 2026 Competition

Write 300 words about two people having a conversation that gets unexpectedly interrupted.

The Tooth Fairy

By M J White HIGHLY COMMENDED in March Competition I’m forty years old and hiding in a cupboard. I must be mad…What am I doing? Ever since I was a child, I’ve believed in the tooth fairy. Even as an adult, I still place a lost tooth under my pillow to find it has vanished…

Blindsided

By Eleanor Marsden HIGHLY COMMENDED in March Competition The Pasha’s  price for me was a mere telescope, a brassy contraption that promised the gift of seeing through the heavens. That was the moment in which everyone stopped seeing me.   I had fully lost my sight by the time I was sold for a trinket.…

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