Someone I Used To Know
FIRST PLACE £200
Amanda Fennelly is a radio producer and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, and has a degree in journalism. She has dabbled in creative writing since she was a child, doing a number of courses over the years, and has tried her luck in WM competitions a few times but until now was only shortlisted once. She was on the verge of taking a break from creative writing so this achievement has given her confidence the boost it needed to keep working towards her dream of one day having a novel published.
When I saw you, it felt like I hit the pause button on everything around me. I wasn’t expecting to run into you on a cobbled shopping street, with people rushing around in all directions, unaware of the fact that my whole world just stopped turning for a second because there you were.
It’s been ten years since my eyes drank you in, since my nose was full with the scent of your hair. Your hair. It was long and dark when we
