Deadline: March 31, 2010
When we asked our readers to send us a true story from their lives, we had no idea what a torrent of response we would get. The rules were simple: focus on a key event or a special moment in your life and describe it in 750 words or less. Reading through the hundreds of entries which sometimes had us in stitches as well as in tears, we were astounded by the quality of the writing.
Below you can read the first, second and third prize winning entries.
The deadline for entries has passed.
Winning entries
First place
The Homecoming
by William J. Legg
My father had been away from home for five years. A couple of those had been spent abroad with the Merchant Navy, followed by three years in a Japanese POW...
Second place
Circles in the Air
by Adrienne Jones
The plane was half empty. My co-passengers spread themselves over the empty seats to sleep. I sat upright. Early in the morning we stopped for re-fuelling en route to Nigeria....
Third place
First Footing
by Carol Webb
It is said that on reaching the age of seven years the child has learned the ways of its elders, and so will carry those ways into adulthood. The 1957...
