ON Wednesday, 2 November in a ceremony at Parliament House in Sydney, The Hon Mark Coure MP, Minister for Seniors and Multicultural Affairs, presented awards to some of the best senior writers in NSW.

Each year seniors around the state are invited to enter the Seniors Card Short Story Competition, run by the NSW Dept of Communities and Justice and the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc (FAW).

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This year the competition theme was ‘Celebrating Diversity’.

Out of 350 entries only the top 100 were chosen to be published in Seniors Stories Vol. 8.

The winning stories are also available on audio, each story brought to life by an eminent actor.

Men and women of all races, colours, and creeds attended the event, led by entertaining MC Ms Jean Kitson.

One author selected for publication was Port Stephens’ Diana Souter, the secretary of the Fellowship of Australian Writers Port Stephens.

Diana’s competition entry topic was ‘Colours’ and she will donate her copy of the book, along with her memoir, ‘From the Hill to the Bay’, to the Tomaree Library.

“You will be amazed and delighted to read such heartfelt, mad, happy and sad stories from older men and women of all nationalities and the fascinating stories of their lives!” she said.

The Port Stephens Fellowship of Australian Writers meets at the Tomaree Library on the third Thursday of each month and budding writers are encouraged to join to learn and have fun writing.