• A new page has been created in the 'What's Going On' section for the Coleford Festival of Words 2013. 

• The Writing Challenge for June 2013 is 'Lucky'.

• 'Wired Differently' a film made by Helen Taylor (GROW) for World Autism Awareness Day has been added to the 'Spotlight' page
  

• A new page has been created for TheFED 2013 Writing Festival.

• The theme of the May 2013 Writing Challenge is 'Angels & Demons'

• The theme of the April 2013 Writing Challenge is 'Before I Die'

• I have uploaded the rest of all the available issues of the Survivors Poetry Express Magazines.  There are still a few issues missing - so if anyone has pdf copies of issues 8, 14, 15, 22, 30 and 31 please email them to me at: fedonline1@gmail.com.

• A new page 'SPOTLIGHT' has been created.  This page is to highlight the work of individuals and organisations that fit in with the aims and objectives of TheFED.
• 'Peoples' Art: Shaping the Society of the Future', 'What It's Like in My Bubble' and 'We Are Poets' have all been spotlighted. 
  

• It was brought to my attention that the writing submission form for this month's writing challenge has not been working for a while.  This has now been fixed.  If anyone spots any other website malfunctions do please let me know by email to fedonline1@gmail.com.

• The Writing Challenge for March 2013 is 'The First Time'

• The Writing Challenge for February 2013 is 'Air'

• Happy New Year everyone :-)

• TheWriting Challenge for January 2013 is 'Invented'
  

• The Useful Links have all been updated - broken links have been replaced where possible or removed where necessary.

• The 2012 Grow anthology and 2013 GROW Calendar have been added to the GROW publications page (under 'Publications')

• Check out TheFED Blog to see the writing and artwork produced during our 2012 Writing Festival.
  

• The Writing Challenge for December 2012 is 'Winter'

• TheFED Writing Festival 2012 page has been moved to the Gallery.

• There is an online Festival Evaluation Form. Please do give us your feedback so we can continue to improve TheFED Writing Festivals.

• There is also a Writing and Artwork Submission Form.  Please send us any writing or artwork you did at the Festival (or that was inspired by the festival) so we can display it on the website.

• If you took any photographs or made any video or voice recordings during the festival please email them to me at fedonline1@gmail.com

• Future Writing Challenges.  We have no Writing Challenge themes or titles for next year.  If you have a suggestion please email them to fedonline1@gmail.com
  

• The Writing Challenge for November 2012 is 'Celebrations'

• All the Festival Workshops details have been added.

• The Writing Challenge for October 2012 is 'Spooky'.

• The Writing Challenge for September 2012 is 'Haiku'.

• Due to the large number of complaints I have received about the new captcha validation, which many people are unable to get past, I have disabled TheFED Guestbook.  I have replaced it with a new, captcha-free, 'Visitor's Book' page. 

• Some new workshop offers have been added to the 2012 Writing Festival Workshops page.

• Could you offer to run a workshop for us?  Use the new Workshop Offer Form to send us the details.

• The Writing Challenge for August 2012 is 'The Seaside.'

• Roger Drury's report and pictures from The Coleford Festival of Words have been added to the Gallery.

• The Writing Challenge for July 2012 is 'Blossoming'.

• A new page has been created 'Pay Membership Fee' (under 'Join TheFED)

• A new page has been created 'Buy Festival Tickets' (under 'Writing Festival 2012)

• A 'Donate' button has been added to the header and footer of every page.
  

• A new page has been added for the 2012 Writing Festival Workshops

• Could you offer to run a workshop for us?  Use the new Workshop Offer Form to send us the details.
  

• TheFED Writing Challenge for June 2012 is 'Fascination'

• You can now pay for your 2012 Festival Tickets online as well as pay your annual membership fee, using PayPal.  Thanks to Louise Glasscoe (Treasurer and Membership Secretary of TheFED Executive Committee) for setting this up for us.

• A new page has been created under 'About TheFED called TheFED on the Web. You can read “A Handy Guide to TheFED on the Web” online here and download your own free copy to print, email or post on your own website.
  

• You can now pay your membership fees with PayPal.

Thanks to Louise Glasscoe (Treasurer & Membership Secretary of TheFED Executive Committee) for setting this up for us.

• Do you have a book, album, paper, recording, film or other publication you would like to feature on TheFED Website?  Individual Members can now use TheFED to promote their own publications. 
  

Submit Your Publication

• A new page 'Individual Members' has been created in the Publications section.

• Jenny Palmers new book 'Nowhere Better Than Home' has been added to the Books by Individual Members. and her Book Launch Parties have been added to TheFED Calendar.
  

• Photos from the 2011 Writing Festival have been added.

• The latest information about the 2012 Writing Festival (including Time-Table, Festival Plans, Ticket Prices and Bookings) has been added.

• A new petition has been added to 'What's Going On?'

• Outdated posts on this NewsFlash page have been removed.
  

• The Past Writing Challenges have now been split up into one year sub-sections.

• 2009 Writing Challenges

• 2010 Writing Challenges

• 2011 Writing Challenges

• TheFED Blog has been co-ordinated with the new website colour scheme.

• Some of the earliest 'Poetry Express' Issues have been added to the Publications Page.

• The Federation Magazines have been added to the Publications section.

• There are new (improved?) comment boxes at the bottom of each writing challenge page.  It is simple to use - type your name in the 'from' box, the title of the piece you are commenting on in the 'subject' box, your comment in the large box and then click on 'submit'.  You comment will appear on the site immediately.  You can also, if you wish, sign up.  This will allow the comments system to remember you - so you don't have to type your name in every time you leave a comment - and you may add a profile picture, if you want to.  Sign up is free - just click on the sign up box of any comment box window and follow the instructions.
  

• What's new...

  Everyone loved the colour scheme of Paul's website - so it has been adopted throughout this site. 
  
  The continuity (font style and text size etc.) has been improved to give this site a more uniform appearance from page to page.
  
  The Past Writing Challenges from 2009 and 2010 have been grouped together under a separate button. This is to make the website look neater but at the same time ensuring that the older challenges are still easy to find.
  
  The old 'events' page has been renamed 'What's Going On?' and the items in it have been updated to the most current information available.
  
  This website is still - and always will be - a work in progress. 
  
  Please do make suggestions for improvements and additions - and keep sending your group's activities and events for inclusion on TheFED calendar. 
  
  We need your help to make TheFED website interesting and informative to ensure that ALL our visitors, old and new, keep coming back!
  

• Website Created.