'Round the Bend' by Ernest Denson Williams won an Award in 1954. This short story follows a miner and his pit pony, who narrowly avoid being caught in a roof-collapse thanks to the instinct of the pony and a bend in the road wide enough for them to turn around and escape.

'None of Them Ever Succeeded' by Robert Dalton Davison won an Award in 1955. A short story in which a grandfather tells his grandson about a giant leek he grew to win the village contest in 1890, which no one had ever succeeded in beating.

'What Can’t Be Cured' by L. W. Doherty won an Award in 1955. A miner is recovering in hospital after an accident and is told by doctors he won't work again. The miner is a talented model-maker and is visited by a man offering to buy and sell them. This secures his family's future, and his wife is relieved he no longer has to work in the mine. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology.

'A Tight Corner' by Percy Coates won an Award in 1957. A short story set in a mine in Derbyshire.

'Out of this World' by Percy Coates won an Award in 1958. This short story follows a pair of miners working down in the pit. There is a roof collapse, and one man is trapped, but the other manages to dig him out.

'The Pigeon' by E. G. Hodges won an Award in 1958. A short story set in a Welsh mining village, where the narrator recalls his childhood excitement helping to look after his grandfather's racing pigeons.

'A Richer Dust Concealed' by Robert Dalton Davison won an Award in 1960. This is Chapter 1 of a novel, a synopsis of which is included at the back of the chapter. The first chapter follows the protagonist Arthur as he leaves school to work in the mine with his father, despite his headmaster's objections due to Arthur's artistic talents.

'The Hard Way' by William H. Colclough won an Award in 1962. A group of miners are trapped in a lift shaft for thirteen hours until they can be rescued. They initially think a bomb has exploded at the surface but when they are rescued they find out it was due to mechanical failure. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a signed copyright permission slip.

'The Anniversary' by John Farrimond won an Award in 1964. The short story follows a man trying to pick a bag of coal off a coal train, who had previously lost his legs in an accident doing the same thing. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a signed copyright permission slip from John Farrimond's son.

'A Tale of Jacker the Fox, A Real Life Story' by W. Spalding won an Award in 1966. The narrator tells the story of Jacker, a miner and poacher who made money during the war selling rabbits in the village, as well as by other thefts and deals. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a signed copyright permission slip from W. Spalding's wife.

'The Derby Winner' by Fred Bennett won an Award in 1966. A group of miners regularly bet on the horse racing. One miner's wife has had a dream about who the winner of the upcoming Derby will be, but won't tell him as she doesn't agree with gambling.

'There Is None So Blind' by Arthur Francis Jones won an Award in 1967. A group of miners are discussing a miner whose lamp had run out and he found his way out of the mine in the dark. One of the miners makes a bet that he could get out without a lamp in half the time. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a signed copyright permission slip.

'There Is None So Blind' Thomas Mulligan won an Award in 1967. A fifteen-year-old miner and his father work in different areas of the mine. The son has entered a short story into a writing competition and is telling his workmates about it when there is an accident in another part of the mine. The son fears his father has been killed. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a signed copyright permission slip from Mulligan's widow.

'The Dust Hole of England' by Tom McKinstery won an Award in 1968. It is described as a true story. The author is an unemployed miner in Scotland in 1932, who travels to Kent to work in a notoriously difficult pit. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a letter from Mckinstery's daughter dated 1993, giving permission for the story to be included.

'Just a Trick of the Mind' by G. A. Ashley won an Award in 1969. This short story follows a group of deputies carrying out the final inspection of a mine that had been open for 100 years and was now closing. Each deputy inspects an area of the pit but when electricians disconnect the lighting, the deputies assume they have been left behind in the pit and, terrified, hurry back to the meeting point.

'Dahn t’Pit' by Arthur Leslie Dove won an Award in 1969. This essay is set in 1931, where the unemployed narrator travels from Hull to the West Riding of Yorkshire to find work with his younger brother in a mine, despite having no previous pit experience.

'Boxing the Darkie at Scotland Gate' by Thomas Wilkinson won an Award in 1972. The story describes life in a small Northumberland mining village in the 1930's. Several accidents in the mine are retold, as well as mention of the experiences of women in the village, and the miners who took up boxing in their leisure time. It was selected by Mike Kirkup for the 1994 anthology and attached is a signed copyright permission slip.