The judges had great difficulty in selecting the winners, because of the high quality of the short listed stories.  However, after considerable debate and discussion they are as follows:

Adults

1^st prize – Ronald David Puckering (West Yorkshire)

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Patrick Mahoney’s War

2^nd prize – Jasmina Svenne (Nottingham)

Just a Boy

Highly Commended in alphabetical order:

Valerie Bowes (Surrey) Approaching Menace

Rosemary Gemmell (Scotland) Dancing into Battle

Bruce Harris (Seaton, Devon)  Boy Deserter

Barry Hunt  (Bristol) Left Unsaid

Shaun Parker (Essex)Return to Hougoumont

Young Writers

Joint 1^st Prize winners (Waterloo Box Set to Alex Old (Middlesex) and a book tokento Gabrielle Corry-Mead (New Maldon)

Joint Second Prize winners:

Brandon French (Kidderminster) – Book

Emily Wood (Waterloo, Belgium) – Book

Isaac Wood (Waterloo, Belgium)– Book