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2011 New Mardi Gras Short Story Competition

A collection of all the winners and highly commended entries - this competition was part of the 2011 New Mardi Gras festival. 750 words. Theme: Home

Judges comments ... the top end of the competition was high and we felt there was little to choose...

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pdf file >1MB, 18 A4 pages, mixed g&l content, released Feb 2011

Produced by GAY-EBOOKS for New Mardi Gras Festival

Contents:

1st prize
Brent Beadle Noah
The holidays dragged on forever ...

2nd prize
Madeline Shaw Belmore Road
I left home in a taxi in 1985...

3rd prize
Hayley Katzen Home at last
I can feel the A4 pages in my blazer pocket...

Under 25 prize
Alex Dunkin A threepence remaining
Home is where the heart is...and I gave mine to a passing trader

Highly commendeds:
Jamila Shah Homely
'When are we going home, Mum? ...

Nat Newman Homely
We left the others behind and pushed through ...

Matthew Huxtable Chiche
He knew it was silly, he knew it was daft...

See other Mardi Gras competitions: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012