Joan Waddleton still pursues a range of conflicting interests, all making demands on her dwindling supplies of energy. She relies heavily on Shore Women to keep her in line by supplying stimuli, cogent criticism and deadlines. She also uses High Tide Poets to kick start her writing. She has published poems in Seam, the Interpreter's House, Envoi, South and Blinking Eye publishing as well as having a poem in a combined Enitharmon/Second Light Anthology "Parents". A collection of her work over many years is Beneath the Passage of a Barn Owl's Wings, published in 2011. 

Kate MacDonell has written verse and prose, fact and fiction, for as long as she can remember, mostly for pleasure and to record events and experiences. When Kate started nursing one of her first essays was criticised as "too flowery, beautiful English but stick to the facts!". Years later Kate researched, wrote and published a family history, Grandfather's Box, which has sold well internationally. Open University studies and a switch to teaching rekindled Kate's literary pursuits. Her poem The Wee Tin House Painted Pink appears in the 2006 anthology Images of Women published by Arrowhead and Second Light.

Pat Murgatroyd has always written poems and prose as a personal, private activity. Within Shore Women she has learned to craft her writing and is fascinated with form. She reads widely, goes to writing workshops and attends as many poetry festivals as possible. She has published poetry in Poetry Review, Smith's Knoll, Grasse Routes, and Island Sounds and has contributed to The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing . She has also written articles for a variety of publications such as Writers in Education, Women Returning to Higher Education and Petites Scenes de la Vie des Femmes. Her poems have won prizes in competitions including Ottakar's, Island Voices, Ver, and Virginia Warbey.

Shelley McAlister writes poetry and short fiction and had a short series on Radio 4. She has published stories and poems in commerical magazines and in literary publications such as The Rialto, The Interpreter's House, Magma, iota and Orbis. Her first collection of poetry is Sailing Under False Colours, published by Arrowhead Press in 2004. She won second place prizes in the 2009 Virginia Warbey poetry competition, and in the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry in Medicine in 2012. She was shortlisted for the Arvon short story prize in 2012 and for the Bridport Prize in microfiction in 2011. She is a wild swimmer and works for The Open University.

Marion Carmichael has always loved writing,
although she doesn't know why.
She knows that time is running out
That now she really must try
To find the time, to find her voice
To find that happy patchwork hat
Which fits well for all occasions
As: mother, lover, teacher, friend, sister, grandma, mum-in-law, wife
Yet has a ribbon bright and jaunty
Which lets her write; be sinister, flighty or crude
With the aid of the hat
She writes poems, stories
And continues to work on the NOVEL.

Camilla Lambert has lived on the Isle of Wight for over 18 years, but did not begin to write poetry until she retired in 2007. At that point she was seeking a total contrast from the life of a senior NHS manager and has thrived ever since, learning to use different sides of herself and to develop new ways of communicating. Joining Shore Women in 2007 played a big part in this process. She has had poems published in South, Interpreter’s House and Poetry Cornwall, and gained a Diploma in Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University in 2009. She has also been involved in running two writing competitions, the first, ‘Roman Voices’, in 2008, and the second, ‘Island Voices’, in 2009, in celebration of the Poetry Society’s centenary. With another writing colleague, Ed Matyjaszek, she edited an anthology of poems submitted for ‘Island Voices’, published in 2010.

Felicity Fair Thompson has a Masters degree in Screenwriting London College of Communication. Her published work includes fiction, poetry, and scenic travel features for magazines. She writes and directs documentaries for the tourist market and general exhibition - three of her films have been broadcast on Australian TV. She has directed and co-written the Shore Women's play Wreck of the Irex, and produced the film arising from it. Her latest film broadcast on Sky TV in 2009, is Carisbrooke Castle - 1000 years of British History. She teaches fiction, film, and creative writing independently and for community groups, Connexions, the IW College, and the regional providers for the UK Film Council.