The winners

1 Emma Passmore £1,500

I left my pictur on th ground wher u walk
so that somday if th sun was jst right
& th rain didnt wash me awa
u might c me out of th corner of yr i & pic me up

2 Sharon Mann £500

Awokewashedcoffeetoast
trainworklunchworktrain
homepasta.putbinout.
the lightofthesun,reflectedbythe
surfaceofamoonfleckedwith
thegreyshadowsofmountains,
littheyard

3 Peter Wroe £250

Jus left th clinic
bstrong cheri
arm ok no panic
need u 2 promis me
2 keep kissin
me left breast
cos baby nxt week
me right'll b missin

4 Mandy Coe £150

We carry u, hods of screams.
Stund u grasp, cof lastwords but fire is the star.
We r xtras, greyfaced w ash.
Blulite stild we go hme
whr evn sleep tstes of burn

5 Josephine Dimbleby £100

"Where is my joie de vivre?
slumped on the grass verge outside asda."

Orange prize for creative use of SMS

Graham Francis

GLSTNBRY FSTVL

seasnd w msts n fruitlss mellwnss
n pungent smlls f grss ovr hay
we flp nto ponchos fr a mnts rest
n try nt t pln t rst f t day