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Winning entries for The Letter I Wish I'd Written

Deadline: March 31, 2010

Is there a letter you wish you had written to someone in your life? In this competition we asked our readers to write that letter and tell us what it might have changed.

 

After reading through hundreds of beautifully written, witty, heart wrenching, funny, sad and hopefull letters, the three entries below has been choosen as winners.

The deadline for entries has passed.

Showcase entries

First Prize winner

by Mrs J I Jones
For three years we were really unhappy. Removed from our parents and siblings was like being abandoned and punished, but not knowing why. I still have nightmares. Little boys drowning,...

Second Prize winner

by Derek Freeman
I stroll up here sometimes, to the cemetery, sit for a while and place a few flowers. Yes I’ve changed son. Too late I know, but – well, I have...

Third Prize winner

by Ted Wheatley
In 1958 my world tour by scooter would have been cut very short if frostbite had taken my fingers while crossing the Persian Desert in winter. My conscience has been...