Maynah Lewis Short Story Competition 2018 Winner So to follow up on our March post - the winner of this years Maynah Lewis Short Story Competition is, Mike Wood . Congratulations to Mike on another wonderful story and on winning the cup. This year's competition was based on postcards - a blind selection. The stories entered ranged from an unusual train journey in Prague to rescue refugees, a murderous painter and the discovery of a vintage postcard that leads the protagonist on a journey to discover the original recipient. Mike's story - based on a picture of a nest of sleeping leverets - called ' Indocilis Privata Loqui ' , under the nom-de-plume, Pierre Lapin (see what he did there?!), told of a young female magician who entertained at children's parties, who was invited to join The Magic Circle - the world's premier magic society, having previously been refused access on the grounds of being a child at the time. But the young woman ...