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Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2023 – 2nd place short story “Who wants to hear the story of the luckiest birthday ever?” Sally said, sitting down at the head of the table. She was bone-weary from the hot oven,
I often wonder if that piano is still there. What a horrible instrument it was, with that cloying echo, that dull tone. That summer, Henry and I took it apart, the wood cutting tiny nicks into our knuckles, our
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. At least that was what his mum said, but this this time Rob wasn’t wishing for something big like a bike. He just wished people would stop making such a big
Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2023 – 1st place short story And so, after everything, after all of the long years of waiting without hope, all of the attempts, the missteps, the seemingly endless gaps and silences, Esther is
Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2023 – 3rd Place hybrid I saw you again last night. It was the summer holidays and we were playing on the beach. “Katie – bullrush! Tagged – you’re it!” I took in your
Rare air, pale light, beyond up south, old world,Rakiura. Step ashore bush masks the way watching blue shadowswhirring wings, waves hush …