A message for those of you who dared taking part ... Dearest Competitors, it is my greatest wish to thank all and each one of you for entering our latest competition. This time it was a real Folly for me to decide for the winner, because I loved every entry I got from you, all of them being full to the brim with passion, love, fantasy and originality. That's why I want to tell each one of you why your pieces deserve attention - maybe it's not the prize you hoped for, it's just the means I have to show you my admiration for your capabilities. Thank you, Sara Serrao

Thank you...	...for...
Tom Kelly (My Idea of Heaven)	Letting us enter your neverending Heaven
Len Webster (A Penny For Friendship)	Your being a wonderful writer
Alexandra B Reeves (The Ant)	Reminding us the importance of being brave
Csiszar Csaba (Kitty Woo)	Sharing your passions with strangers
Eila Nourisson (He Made It Happen)	Your sensitivity
Wouter Dehairs (Budapest - Vienna)	Showing both sides of the same medal
Malcolm Wallis (Driven by Fate)	Your originality
John Andre Aasen (A Christmas Story)	Reminding us what Christmas should mean
Butcher Black (The River Is Its Amber Mercy)	Your uncommon poetical talent
Diane Hicks (Don Roberto)	Leading us into a forgotten part of reality
Nick (Souvenir)	Your powerful style
Sara Lewis (Eddie Overhill)	Reminding us to use our fantasy
Paolo Federici (Twenty Days Before)	Trusting man's mind
Valerie Miranville (Anna Blume)	Reminding us to be positive in a negative world
Christine de Jong (On Fate)	Your determination
Antonio Berbel (Very Possibly)	Trusting man's power over destiny
Brigitte Chabert (My Brooklyn Folly)	Showing us how "fool" Auster's readers can be
Gabriela Nungaray Butchart (Entries)	Inviting us to read "Demian" by Hesse
Mathias Rambaud (Une Annee Sabbatique)	Your great effort
J C Rondon (The Young Pianist)	Letting us feel music through literature
Marko Majerski (Thank God For The Paradox)	The Thriller
Eva Arrhenius (The Lady of Thought)	Keeping the child in your heart

... and the winner is ... EILA NOURISSON with her story "He made it happen"! Congratulations, Eila

Yes, congratulations Eila...a brand new copy of 'Brooklyn Follies' is on its way to you. Well done. Also my thanks to Sara Serrao for creating another cracking competition, everybody who's entered - the standard has been incredibly high and finally to Matthew de Ville at Faber & Faber for supplying the prize. Regards, Stuart (P.S. a special mention to Mathias Rambaud for his tremendous tour de force - congratulations - a copy has been sent to Paul Auster's publishers on your behalf).