Lesley Mason

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Train departing. Releasing deep breath. No-one yet knows she’s gone.

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Lesley Mason writes directly from the heart hoping to share the beauty and wisdom she stumbles across in living an ordinary life. In 2024 she was shortlisted at the Teignmouth Poetry Festival and won the Oberon Herbet Prize. More recent publications include pieces in the Richmond Arts anthology Changes and the nature anthology Language of the Land.

Shortlisted for Write Ten 2025. Read all the winning and shortlisted stories here: Write 10 – The Published Stories 2025