The HG Wells Short Story Competition

We’re delighted to announce that Norah Perkins will be our special guest to present prizes and short-list certificates at our …
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Once again, we are very happy to support the local short story writing workshop run in June by Matt Dickens, …
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On Saturday 16th June, the H G Wells Short Story Competition have organised a writing workshop in Canterbury for aspiring writers of …
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On Saturday 9th June, the H G Wells Short Story Competition have organised a writing workshop in Folkestone for aspiring writers …
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Founded by the world-renowned BBC Aeronautics Correspondent Reg Turnill and his wife, Margaret, to celebrate the life and works of HG Wells and encourage creative writing, especially among the young, the prestigious HG Wells Short Story Competition offers generous Senior and Junior prizes and free publication of all shortlisted entries in a quality, professionally published anthology.

Available now, Light contains twenty of the best short stories on the theme of Light selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2017 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition.

The H G Wells Short Story Competition are delighted to present a free PDF collection of the three award winning stories from our 2017 competition, “Venus Rising”, “When the Call Comes” and “Alone into the Alone”.

We are very pleased to announce that the Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1000 was won by Hazel Atkinson …
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We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2017. We have …
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