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Winning Stories
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WELKIN MINI 2024 - FIRST PLACE

 

After too many wines at the student club, your friend shows you a photograph of her infant daughter

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by Gillian O'Shaughnessy

A broom head sweeping a pile of leaves
WELKIN MINI 2024 - SECOND PLACE

 

Clean Floors

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by Dawn Tasaka Steffler

Bird's nest containing four eggs
WELKIN MINI 2024 - THIRD PLACE

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The Nest

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by Karen Baumgart

Two men walking through a woodland
WELKIN MINI 2024 - HIGHLY COMMENDED

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Please friend, let's not start a cult today

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by Tom Walsh

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WELKIN MINI 2024 - HIGHLY COMMENDED

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The 27th Letter of the Alphabet

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by Mario Aliberto III

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WELKIN MINI 2024 - SHORTLISTED PIECES

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Shortlisted Pieces

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by Various Authors

Koi Carp
FIRST PLACE (2023)

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There are a million ways to say goodbye, and how can I possibly choose?

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by Lindy Biller

Gateway Arch
SECOND PLACE (2023)

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Scientists are reporting a heartbeat signal in space

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by Sara Hills

Quilt
THIRD PLACE (2023)

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The Wedding Quilt

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by Susan T. Landry

Hippobit
FOURTH PLACE (2023)

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Where the Hippobit Swims

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by Liz Falkingham

Brown bear catching salmon
LGBTQ+ Writer (2023)

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A Girl Again

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by Brianna Barnes

Bulrushes
Speculative Fiction (2023)

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Following the siren song

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by Maria Thomas

Irish pub
New Writer (2023)

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Chasing the Dark

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by Glyn Matthews

Mountain track
Writer whose First Language isn't English (2023)

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Mountain Song

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by Busayo Akinmoju

Doctor in Lab Coat
Carer for an Adult Dependent (2023)

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The Firefly

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by NmaHassan Muhammad

Violin
Historical Fiction (2023)

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The Rant

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by Fiona Milne

Lighthouse
Writer with a Disability or Chronic Health Condition (2023)

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The Troll Was a Woman All Along

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by Ali McGrane

Dingo
Working Class Writer (2023)

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Trap

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by PJ Yeatman

Angel
Humorous Prose (2023)

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Earthbound

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by Sarah Wallis

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