Oh, Jacinta, how utterly, UTTERLY delightful all the stories were!

It’s so hard to choose a winner.

They all had great merit; I loved the fact that Ray Savin’s life story had pictures. Loved the poem, loved the power cut (oh, how I remember those!), and the dairy drama.. The lovely prose in the piece titled ‘Nashua’ drew a charming picture of life in a lovely place, and joy of living in Nashua was clear.

I really did so enjoy reading them all, and it was a difficult decision.

The winner in the Primary section is the delightful tale of how Mr Scarrabelotti’s car ended up in the creek.

And the winner in the senior section is the correspondence between those formidable cake bakers, Mrs Savins and Mrs Trimble. It was cleverly written, showed great imagination and a wicked sense of humour.

As there were no names attached, I have no idea who wrote any of the essays, but to all the authors, well done.

Congratulations to all who entered the writing competition; a fabulous effort all round!

Cheers,

Maggie