Latest news with #JuliaWilliams
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Worcestershire Ambassadors to sponsor Street Sixes cricket tournament
WORCESTERSHIRE Ambassadors are set to sponsor the Street Sixes cricket tournament. The sponsorship, announced on Friday (May 23), brings together cricket lovers and community supporters to foster a sense of unity and break down boundaries. The aim is to create opportunities for all residents, regardless of their backgrounds. This is an initiative of the Worcestershire Cricket Foundation, which currently runs cricket programmes to promote inclusion, improve well-being and empower youth. By joining forces, they aim to grow these programmes beyond their current capacities. Julia Williams, of the Worcestershire Ambassadors, said: "Worcestershire Ambassadors are proud to continue supporting street cricket – a fantastic initiative that brings communities together. "The Worcestershire County Cricket Foundation does incredible work, and we're delighted to play a part in helping them make a real difference." With the sponsorship, the foundation said it can now accommodate more teams and players in the tournament. The involvement of the Ambassadors means that businesses, community groups, and individuals can now take part in the event. The foundation is encouraging full community participation in the event, inviting everyone from seasoned cricket professionals to those simply looking to have fun
CBC
03-04-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Gold by Julia Williams
Julia Williams has made the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize longlist for Gold. The winner of the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and their work will be published on CBC Books. The four remaining finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be announced on April 10, and the winner will be announced on April 17. If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out the CBC Literary Prizes. The 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is currently accepting submissions. The 2026 CBC Short Story Prize will open in September and the 2026 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January. About Julia Williams Julia Williams is a Calgary writer whose work has appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Capilano Review and The Literary Review of Canada. Her first book of poetry, The Sink House, was published by Coach House Books a long time ago. You may also have seen her work on billboards, websites and annoying pop-ups and YouTube ads (she's a copywriter). She lives in Calgary with people she loves. Entry in five-ish words "Wedding, goldfish, multi-cell thunderstorm." The short story's source of inspiration "There was a storm just like this at my brother's southern Ontario wedding (all similarities end there). I've tried a few times to write about a wedding and a storm, but nothing worked until the fish showed up. They made it darker and funnier. I think it's very human to romanticize and aestheticize nature, and then be reminded that nature doesn't care about us at all." First lines By the time the bride's parents showed up with fish for the centerpieces, the sky was the colour of a bruise. The photographer said this was actually great. Every couple wants sun, but sun causes squinting and nose shadows. Anyway, rain was romantic. This reassured the bride, who was a lot more worried than the groom. She hadn't even got her gown on and it was almost two o'clock. The groom said all he wanted to do that day was get married and the details of it didn't bother him. He'd been saying that for months, to everyone they knew, and people thought it was romantic. Check out the rest of the longlist The longlist was selected from more than 2,300 entries. A team of 12 writers and editors from across Canada compiled the list. The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. This year's jury is composed of Conor Kerr, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Michael Christie. The complete list is:
BBC News
26-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Free water bottle refill fountain installed in Jersey
A water fountain where people can refill bottles for free has been installed in Jersey as part of plans to build a wider Water said the station had been installed round the back of St John's church, in St John's Village, to help reduce the use of singe-use plastic bottles in the said the station was set up in collaboration with the St John Youth and Community Trust, which helped fund the Skyba, Jersey Water's network manager, said the firm wanted to install more of the fountains with plans set to be submitted for refill stations in Howard Davis Park and St Brelade's Bay. Mr Skyba said: "These fountains give the public access to free water refills and, from an environmental perspective, reduce Islanders' reliance on single-use plastic bottles."Our aim is to install a minimum of two fountains a year at popular locations around the Island."Julia Williams, from the St John Youth and Community Trust, said the organisation was "really proud" to have helped install the fountain."It is a positive legacy for the trust, which has, for many years, been focused on supporting community efforts in the parish," she added.
