July winners – adult writers

In July, we asked for 50 word fiction stories featuring a sunset.

Congratulations to the winners of our July competition. Feeling inspired? Have a go at this month's prompt.

Adult winner

Ruth Reid

God’s jist drapped a giant scoop o taiblet ice cream oan His gless o Irn Bru. Warld’s aw lit up wi a burnin kinna vibe, mountains, sea an aw that tae the West, yet here we are on Porty beach efter Maw’s funeral, paddlin Vettriano-style in wir black claes.

Gaelic winner

June Ghreumach

Ruith mi tarsainn na machrach. Am faicinn an lasair-uaine ann an dol fodha na grèine?

Shreap mi dùn-gainmhich. Bha a’ ghrian air cùl sgothan agus bha mi nam aonar a-nochd. Aon fheasgar, air an tràigh seo, dh’fhairich mi spiorad mo sheanar, tachartas a tha cho ainneamh ris an lasair-uaine.

English translation provided by The Gaelic Books Council

I ran across the machair. Would I see the green flash in the sunset?

I climbed a sand-dune. The sun was behind the clouds and I was alone tonight. One evening, on this beach, I felt the spirit of my grandfather, an event as rare as the green flash.