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This month's competition was an "OPEN" double-header. That is to say there was no theme and it was both poetry and flash fiction. We received 9 poetry entries and 10 flash fiction, and they are shown below.

Results were announced at our Zoom meeting on 22 June 2026:

POETRY:

• Joint 1st Place - Mike Lansdown: Travelling
• Joint 1st Place - Sumi Watters: Will They Remember?
• 3rd Place - Andrea Neidle: The Visitor
• 4th Place - Louise Welland: Mind The Gap

FLASH FICTION:

• Joint 1st Place - Joanna Bawa: The Age of Seeing
• Joint 1st Place - Sumi Watters: One Day At A Time
• Joint 3rd Place - Mike Lansdown: Missing
• Joint 3rd Place - Liz Shaw: Nothing To Report

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED

Group members are respectfully asked when contributing to meetings either in written form or verbally, or entering our competitions, not to use potentially harmful derogatory terms, words, themes, or language, likely to cause offence.

In all submissions or discussions we would encourage group members to ask themselves if they align with the following guiding principle of being: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind to all.