Position	Author	Extract
	Surfette	Oh God. I’ve done it again. I’ve left it somewhere, and I can’t think where. Admittedly, it wasn’t my best set – actually it was my very worst. Grey, full of holes – more akin to an unwashed loincloth than a lady’s lingerie....
	Greenie	In a single day the other day I saw or heard from 4 different people who were in the hospital having body parts amputated, mostly toes. They had acquired frostbite and gangrene...
	Andy	“Run Bernard!” shouted Henry. “I am running as fast as I can!” wheezed the now panicking Bernard. Bernard was running towards the green coated soldier at the back of the bedroom....
	Zoe	There was a draw with some socks in it. Some were red and some were blue. The first one picked out was red...
	Big Jay	... Then your heart starts beating like a big brass band, ba doom, badoom, BAdoom, BADOOM...
	Dange	It was a bright sunny morning in make-believe forest in the heart of Yorkshire. The sun came up...
	Danger Kid

This was an absolute pleasure to judge. The extremely high standard of submissions at first led to me to believe that we may have had a few plagiarists in the house, but rest assured that FULL CHECKS were made, and each entry that you see is as authentic as it gets (note: one submission was rejected on the basis of out-right plagiarism - but with a prize such as below we can't blame them for trying).

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Many congratulations to Surfette! While it is clear that every one who took part in this fine competition is indeed a winner, only one person receives the very special first prize of...

1st PRIZE: A Luxury Gardening Set: including a garden radio and 6 packets of various seeds (namely: The Octopus Plant, The Pomegranate Plant, The Travellers Joy Plant, The Four O'Clock plant, The Cotton Plant and Black-Eyed Susan).