- Winner of the Welkin, what a story! Couldn't say it better than Matt: "Describes other conflicts, other explosions, other ravaged cities; and more generally it explores that universal juxtaposition between dark & light, between the things that ravage & the power of art to bring healing and hope.
- FIRST PLACE in the Welkin Writing Prize 2026, "August 4, 2020" by Yara Zgheib. A swirling evocation of destruction and chaos juxtaposed with the haunting beauty of music: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...