Lockdown 2020 – Year 11 Competition 1: Turned
In Spring 2020, Year 11 students were invited to enter a special EMC 'Lockdown Writing Competition', responding in any way they wanted to Barbara Bleiman's short story 'Then' (later published as 'Doing That' in the collection Kremlinology of Kisses).
Download Barbara's short story here.
Download the winning, highly-commended and commended entries here.
Pixels Don’t Do You Justice by Jessica Fraser, De Lisle College
'What a Functional Life' by Elizabeth Fennessey, Tonbridge Grammar School
'Then' by Seiwaah Nana Boatey, Barking Abbey School
'Delicate Binary' by Fahima Begum, St Anne’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College
'The New Normal' by Millie Capehorn, Wycliffe
'Stay Inside - Stay Safe' by Derya Macit, Clapton Girls’ Academy
'Then: Personal Reflection' by Francesca Lane, The King Edward VI High School, Morpeth
‘Before Everything ‘by Aaron Gillett, Wilson’s School
‘Now’ by Marco Lewis, KES, Stratford upon Avon
Then by Josie Jackson, Wellington College