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500 Words Plaintiff – Winners!
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Entries to our 500 words short story competition celebrating World Book Night
Tricia Coxon
Train Letter To
It was on the 10.46 that dullness left me. The train was busy, only one seat. You moved your laptop nearer to your side of the table. I smiled.
Busy, you said.
Yes. I replied.
Silence. Minutes passed. There are hints of dark amongst your greying hair. Looking up you smiled. Open. I open.
Come far? I asked.
You told me. A town in Yorkshire.
How lovely, I replied.
You know it?
Yes, the gardens, Turkish baths, a rather splendid cafe.
The space opens between my words and your grey tipped head. My hair belies my age, salt and pepper grey, there is no cover up. I am not heavily wrinkled, nor scrawny necked. I am filled out to what I used to be and slower, forgetting now where never before. Dulled with routine. The routine of age with no adventure. No spark, no sparkle. I eat well, and walk with purpose. Your shirt is open at the neck. Jacket sits loosely at your shoulders. I see you glance from me to the window. Laptop is dormant.
Day out? You asked.
An exhibition. Coffee. Probably lunch.
Exhibition?
Yes, the Museum of Modern Art.
I used to live near there, near the Bridge.
I used to work near there.
I was a student. You smiled again.
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500 Words 2024/25: everything you need to know
500 Words 2024/25 is now closed for entries. Round three of judging has been completed and the top 50 finalists have been contacted - thank you to all the children who submitted. The winners will be revealed on a special 500 Words with The One Show programme, on World Book Day, Thursday 6 March, 7pm.
The finalists have been invited to go to a glamorous grand final at Buckingham Palace in February, where the bronze, silver and gold winners in each category will have their stories read out by celebrities.
There are two age categories: 5-7 and 8-11 year-olds and spelling, punctuation and grammar are not marked - it's all about creativity!
There are also lots of prizes to be won - each winner will take home a bundle of books and the gold winners also win 500 books for their school library.
Not only that, the winning stories will receive an original illustration from Dapo Adeola, Nigel Parkinson, Lydia Monks, Momoko Abe, Rob Biddulph or Yasmeen Ismail.
It's incredibly important to us that children of all abilities and backgrounds are able to take part in the competition; therefore each school that entered a story and receives 50% free school meals or more, is entitled to a £50 National Book Token and three £1