After several months of hibernation, the St
Clements Mondays @ Six programme is up and running and promising patrons to assail
their senses once more with magical moments.
Also forming part of the programme is the launch
of the 2013 version of the Short Story Competition. After the success of the
inaugural competition in 2011 which invited submissions of short stories of no
more than 100 words, it has been decided to make this an annual event to coincide
with the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
The 2013 competition follows last year’s
format and there will again be awards for the top submissions with an
opportunity for all contributors to read their stories at the awards evening.
Guidelines: exactly 100 words (excluding
title). Stories of more or less than 100 words will be disqualified. Entries must
state author’s name and word-count. Use large font eg. Times New Roman, 14 pt
and email to kwasuka1@mweb.co.za
No more than seven submissions per person will
be accepted and stories submitted for previous competitions will not be
considered. Closing date is June 3, 2013.
Stories will be adjudicated by David
Basckin and authors’ names will be deleted for adjudication. The author of the winning
story will receive a presentation box of wine or an electric coffee percolator
and the top ten stories will be published in le petit déjeuner 3, comprising a selection of 50 short stories. All
stories will be read at St. Clements on the two Mondays following the
presentation.
The 2013 season Mondays @ Six starts on
February 25 with Songs of Innocence and
of Experience (Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul). Pieter
Scholtz will show selected slides of William Blake’s Illuminated poems. He will
read the poems and discuss the Illustrations which Blake intended should be viewed
together with the poems.
This presentation is a rare opportunity toexperience
some of Blake’s memorable poems in their ‘illuminated’ state, in full colour.
St
Clements is situated at 191 Musgrave Road. Mondays @ Six run between 18h00 and
19h00. Booking is advised on 031 202 2511. There is no cover charge but there
is a donations box to support presenters.
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