Treasure Competition Results

A little while ago I entered a short story competition run by Esther Newton – and I won second place! Yay! As a writer, these little victories are part of what keeps us going, and I’m completely thrilled. Congratulations to all the winners 🙂

Esther Chilton

Last week, the focus was on flash fiction and the results of my 100-word story competition. This week, it’s over to the longer story. For the latter, you were given the theme of ‘treasure’ and you could interpret that in any way you wished, as long as it was within 1000 words. I love the different ideas you came up with and, if I thought I had a hard task choosing the winners of the flash fiction story, I had an even harder task picking the winning entries of this competition. Here they are:

1st Place: Daddy’s Treasure by Jane Willis

2nd Place:On The High Slopes by Helen Jones

3rd Place: Treasures In The Darkness by Jo Derrick

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Highly Commended:

The Treasure Is Mine by Lestie Mulholland

No Way In by Rachel Garrod

Treasure by Carla Burns

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Commended:

Blood, Sweat and Tears by Viki Allerston

Treasure by Geoff…

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20 thoughts on “Treasure Competition Results”

Congratulations to you Helen. That was a wonderful story you wrote and a well deserved second place. 🙂

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Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 10:17 am said:

Thanks so much, Miriam – it’s been a really nice way to start the day 🙂

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- Miriam on July 5, 2016 at 10:20 am said:
  
  Absolutely, the best … hope the rest of the week is just as good. 🙂
- Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 10:24 am said:
  
  Thanks, Miriam – and the same to you 🙂

Tada!!!!!!!!

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Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 10:19 am said:

Yay! Happy day 🙂

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Congratulations, Helen! 🙂

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Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 11:30 am said:

Thanks, Karen! 🙂

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Absolutely loved your entry!! Your words really do flow. I commented on Esther’s blog but I had to congratulate you here, too. 🙂

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Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 7:17 pm said:

Thanks Elissaveta! That’s so kind of you, so glad you liked it 🙂 I enjoyed writing it, too xx

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Congrats Helen! Great story indeed. 🙂

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Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 7:13 pm said:

Thanks, Kristin! So glad you liked it 😀

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Congratulations, Helen! Hopping over to read it now. Xxx

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Helen Jones on July 5, 2016 at 7:12 pm said:

Thanks so much, Ali! Hope you had a nice holiday 😀

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- Ali Isaac on July 6, 2016 at 8:38 am said:
  
  We certainly did, thanks! Well definitely go back again.
- Helen Jones on July 6, 2016 at 10:58 am said:
  
  It’s somewhere I’d really like to go – it’s on my travel list, definitely 🙂