The winning stories of the Mirror Machine writing challenge with King’s College London, City Schools and the Digital Twin Hub are:

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13 to 14 year-old category:

The Disillusion by Shriyaa (1st prize)

Untitled by Kira (2nd prize)

15 to 17 year-old category:

Need for the Shadow by Alex (1st prize)

New Genesis by Spencer (2nd prize)

Additionally, special recognition for the story: X Alice by Aymie (13 to 14 year-old)

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Below are the supporting materials that were provided for the participants…

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“What if an all-seeing, all-knowing machine could connect every dot of data and replicate the world – the flow of planes and of cars, of energy and of people, of healthy cells and of diseased cells? What if that reflection then re-entered through the data dots to alter the world, for better or for worse?”

Stephen Oram

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