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30 May 2007: Manon wins the Urdd National Eisteddfod Drama Medal!

Image of Manon winning the Drama Medal at the Anglesey EisteddfodWarm congratulations are extended to Manon Wyn Williams who has just won the Drama Medal at this year’s Urdd National Eisteddfod!

A second year student studying Welsh and Theatre and Media Studies, Manon submitted the winning monologue as part of her course work for a module taught by Dr William R. Lewis.

This is the third time within a month for Manon to experience such literary success: she won the Drama Medal in the competition for those under 26 in this year’s Anglesey Eisteddfod as well as the Literary Award for competitors under 26 and the Prose Medal in the open competition.

And another recent postgraduate student, Dr Gwen Pritchard Jones, moved a step closer to winning this year’s Welsh Book of the Year award: in a ceremony held during the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival earlier this week, her historical novel, Dygwyl Eneidiau, was named as one the three books on the short list for the coveted title and prize of £10,000.

To read more about Manon Wyn Williams, click here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_6700000/newsid_6704800/6704809.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/urdd2007/straeon/mercher/drama.shtml

To read more about the Short List for this year’s Book of the Year, click here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/llyfryflwyddyn/safle/llyfryflwyddyn/pages/
rhestr_fer2.shtml

With thanks to the Daily Post for permission to use the photograph