This year I entered the Dragonfly Tea short story competition for the third year in a row.
The writing competition is run in conjunction with the Henley Literary Festival which takes place every October and this year the theme was journey.
I can remember the last time I saw her face like it was yesterday.
She was 15, which may not seem very old but, in dog years, she was over 90 – a senior citizen and pretty good going for her breed.
While we knew the end was near, I didn’t expect it to be that day and I still wasn’t ready for it – although can you ever really be ready for that last goodbye?
Looking through Twitter one day I came across a short story competition that the Henley Literary Festival were running in conjunction with Dragonfly Tea.
I have never written a short story before, but I love to write and having studied Children’s Literature as part of my English degree at university, I thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to have a go at writing a children’s story. View Post