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July winners 2024 – adults
In our July competition, we asked for stories featuring a lifejacket.
Congratulations to the winners of our July competition.
Feeling inspired? Have a go at this month's prompt.
Adult writers winner
Helen Smith
danny wore the jacket every day for a month after grandpa died.
it smelled of him, old spice and boiled mince and cigars.
in the pockets, danny jangled the change the way grandpa did.
grandpa was in the churchyard now, but this jacket, on danny’s young shoulders, held his life.