Summary
In the autumn we challenged Western Daily Press readers to write a winter's tale in one of two categories: fictional feature up to 3,000 words and short story up to 500 words. Your entries flooded in. We received so many - and of such a high standard - that the judges asked for more time to make their final decisions. Yesterday we published the winner in each category and over the next few days we will publish the runners up and some of the best of the many others submitted. Each winner will receive Pounds 100 of National Book Tokens and there will be five runners-up prizes, drawn from the two categories, of a Pounds 10 National Book Token. Here are the winners: Feature winner: Noel Sweeney, Worle, Somerset; short story winner: Mrs C Kerslake, Almondsbury, Bristol. Runners up: Roy Youngs, Wells, Somerset; Mrs J Barnfield of Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire; Barney Hollinswaite (aged 12) of Frampton Cotterell, Bristol; Rosie Bevan, (age 13) of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, and Bas Axford, of Midsomer Norton, Somerset.
RUNNER UP Fear is replaced by joy and exhilaration No title by Rosie Bevan, 13, of Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire The wind whipped my face, whirling happily around me, sweeping through the throng of excited people.See the full content of this document
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Winter's Tales
Twinkling stars were starting to appear throughout the darkening sky, basking in the magnificent colours the setting sun had created. Sunny yellows merged with soft pinks and radiant oranges, rich blues and deep purples darkened slowly until jet black appeared on the shadowed horizon, hinting signs of the approaching night!
The crowds hurried on through the copse, surrounded by a wall of trees, some bare and gnarled, some clinging dearly onto a few forlorn leaves that clung hopefully to the end of spindly branches. The path wove in and out, curving gracefully through clumps of trees, thr...See the full content of this document
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