Short Story winners

A big well done to all the people who took part in this year's Short Story Competition. There were a lot of entries and the judges had a tricky time deciding on the winners, due to the high standard of the writing. But this decision had to be made and so here they are.
1st Prize- New Kitchen (author has decided to remain anonymous)
2nd Prize- A Dream of Freedom (Corrinne Bosworth)
3rd Prize- Laura's Never Treasure (Claire Durbin)

Here is an extract from the winning entry.
Domestic disharmony turns into something more sinister in New Kitchen
"Poor downtrodden George, all he wanted was a calm and content home life, well maybe not the content part. George never expected much from life, but if only Kitty would stop cheeping in his ear incessantly, day in, day out. It never stopped, she wouldn't stop and he was sure she couldn't."

Good job everyone, look forward to reading next year's entries.