Thanks to everyone who sent in their stories over the winter period, it was a great way to start the year!

And many congratulations to Eric, Ann and Janet who have been awarded the top prizes. Their stories are published here – see StoryTime, where you will also find the full list of Highly Commended stories.

Thanks so much to everyone for sending in your work. And we are always happy to see stories that have been reworked and resubmitted.

The next WriteTime competition deadline is 31 March. We look forward to hearing from you…