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 🙂
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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Helen Glynn Jones 
Congratulations to you Helen. That was a wonderful story you wrote and a well deserved second place. 🙂
Thanks so much, Miriam – it’s been a really nice way to start the day 🙂
Absolutely, the best … hope the rest of the week is just as good. 🙂
Thanks, Miriam – and the same to you 🙂
Tada!!!!!!!!
Yay! Happy day 🙂
Congratulations, Helen! 🙂
Thanks, Karen! 🙂
Absolutely loved your entry!! Your words really do flow. I commented on Esther’s blog but I had to congratulate you here, too. 🙂
Thanks Elissaveta! That’s so kind of you, so glad you liked it 🙂 I enjoyed writing it, too xx
Congrats Helen! Great story indeed. 🙂
Thanks, Kristin! So glad you liked it 😀
Congratulations, Helen! Hopping over to read it now. Xxx
Thanks so much, Ali! Hope you had a nice holiday 😀
We certainly did, thanks! Well definitely go back again.
It’s somewhere I’d really like to go – it’s on my travel list, definitely 🙂
Beautiful story, Helen – congratulations!
Thanks, Louise! 😀 I’m pretty thrilled.
Congratulations!
Thank you 🙂