Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Cosmo Bawler Once there was a big-nosed fighting giant who ate any iron, metal or bronze he could find. This was a problem for the blacksmiths in the nearby villages. They were rapidly running out of metal. One day in Portmeirion some blacksmiths were talking. “We must get […]
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Midnight Wishing
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Dewi McConnaughie The air was filled with sound as the midnight bell struck. All the noises of the world softened into a clean and still silence. Everywhere, blackness covered the land. The fields were still, for there was no wind that night. Around me my family and friends […]
See the Spring
Winner Under 12 Years Category By Cara Newsam Snout was already awake. He was pondering over what sparrow had said yesterday. “He said, spring was coming, so…” whispered Snout determinedly, ”I will go and meet her myself.” He set off at once into the forest, towards the meadow. He had only been five minutes when […]
The Line of Peach Trees
Highly Commended 12-18 Yrs Category By Fraser Clark Once a line of picturesque peach trees stood amongst a field in the rich countryside. There in that field amongst those trees, children played. They built dens, played soldiers and feasted on the ripe, succulent peaches when they ripened in late July. Although this would not last; […]
The Factories Funghi
Highly Commended 12-18 Yrs Category by Karish Seeburrun Mr Jones was the most famous salesman in the Northern Hemisphere because he had invented an astounding machine, which could convert crude oil into harmless delectable vanilla soda; no ordinary soda, but a creamier and tastier drink that even had a mouth-watering aroma. The building containing […]
What Dad Did!
Winner 12-18 Yrs Category By Eleanor Newsam They could see it coming closer and closer, the great big hand stretching down towards them. They were so terrified they couldn’t move. Frozen to the spot the two of them in their metal house trembled bearing their crosses shakily on their heads. The gigantic hand reached down […]
Lifeline
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By June M Hodges Every night at ten o’clock the halls of Twilight Time were filled with the loud jangle of Edith’s telephone. “Cursed thing….!” Swore the dinosaur in Matron’s tunic who ruled the Earth here. “Waking everyone up….” She cut a swathe of disinfectant as she steamed into […]
Molly’s Moon
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Stella Price Molly loved to stare into the sky late at night and read under the porch light. “Can you see the man in the moon?” asked her mother. Molly looked up. “There is no man in the moon.” “Everyone in the whole world knows there’s a man […]
Sugar!
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Sue Anderson I’m having a grey day, so I put on my blue jeans and go down to the fair. Pink sugar smells in the air, golden oldies blazing out, rides to make you scream. The carousel calls but the waltzers are best. As we spin, colours mix […]
Running Wild
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Linda Vickers Bare legs, waxed and Bali-brown, pound the path. The ruined roundabout and forgotten flowerbeds whizz by unnoticed. The sky is darkling. Mara vaults the steps to the dilapidated bandstand. “Damn.” She clutches a stitch. “Jay!” Mara paces, panting into the hands-free. “I took a wrong turn. […]
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