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100 Competition - the Winners !

Simon Whaley • 4 January 2020

Round 8 prize winner is PJ Stephenson for 'After the Beep'

After the Beep

It will take three rings before the answer machine kicks in.
          “Hello, this is Jim. I can’t come to the phone right now. Please leave a message after the beep and I’ll get back to you.”
           You’ll pause, half inclined to speak, before swiping the red button on your smartphone.
           You’ll call again in half an hour.
           And again tomorrow.
           Maybe, one day, you will leave a message after the beep.

But you did all your talking at the hospital, when he could no longer speak.

For now it’s enough just to hear his voice.

Before they erase it forever.

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Congratulations to PJ Stephenson, who has won the £75 first prize and to Robert Shepherd who has won £25 as runner-up. See here for the new competition starting soon...

# We'll publish this story, the Judge's comments and the runner-up story in the next newsletter .

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