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The A4 Shortlist -
Summer '25

Conversation
by Zahin Towhid
Why did I stop speaking to you? I want to say I had no choice in the matter but that would be
a lie. There was always a choice.

Case Study: When Frustration is Left Untreated
by Elizabeth Potter

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Blueberries
by Leeor Ohayon

Every Winter Solstice
by Laura Besley
During her sixteen- hour labour, she crunched through cone after cone of ice chips and the second the sun dipped below the horizon, I finally dropped out. It’s you.

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FIRST PRIZE:
Icarus Smiles as He Burns
by Laura Martens
He is meant to be here, at the pinnacle of the arc, frozen mid-movement: Icarus soaring, Icarus refusing to open his eyes, Icarus broken amongst the waves

Drinking from the Hose
Jon Stapley

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