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November winners – adult writers
In November, we asked for 50 word fiction stories featuring a friend.
Congratulations to the winners of our November competition. Feeling inspired? Have a go at this month's prompt.
Adult winner
Palma McKeown
“Sorry, missus, ah’ve chipped ma baw intae yer back garden.”
Sheila considered the skinny wee scruff on her doorstep, then pointed her walking stick. “Go through the kitchen and get it yourself.”
He entered. “Whit’s that nice smell?”
“Cockaleekie… Want a wee bowl?”
He hesitated. “Please, missus.”
“Call me Sheila.”
Gaelic winner
Ann MacLean-Fleming
Plosgadh mo chridhe gam bhodhradh, ’s mi feuchainn ri bhith cho sàmhach, ’s mi air falach san oisean san dorchadas. ’S cinnteach gum bi iad ga chluinntinn – gu dè thachras an uair sin? Chan eil duine ann a chuidicheas mi, oir ’s e mo charaidean a tha air mo thòir.
English translation provided by The Gaelic Books Council
My heartbeat was deafening, as I tried to keep silent, hiding in the corner in the darkness. Surely they would hear me – what would happen then? There’s nobody who can help me, because it’s my friends who are searching for me.