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English: 'Shortie' competition.

55 word treats....

Here are the first, second and third placed entries in this year's competition which was themed as 'Blindness'. Many thanks to BBC Look East's Jozef Hall for judging the entries.

1st: Stefan Mapp (year 8)

Blind. That was the word that filled my head. I sat there on my own. The darkness made it more and more clear to me; I had been blind! Not actually blind but blind to my surroundings. Mum and Dad had always told me to watch out for everything. Now the consequences would be absolutely devastating.

2nd: Toby Palmer (year 10)

Darkness, just darkness. I've never seen the light. I was born blind; for everyone around me the world is full of colour, light, whirling possibilities. For me only confusion, I feel people around me, but I cannot see them, they don't want me there, I am just a hinderance, a sweeping cane to be avoided.

3rd: Julian Roberts (Year 9)

There it was. The last sunlight I ever saw.
The uncomfortable cloth was wrapped around my eyes. I was blinded.
"This way," said a harsh German accent.
I was pushed against hard concrete and was turned around.
I could hear muttering beside me. I swallowed hard and felt the lump widen in my throat.
"Aim. Fire!"