At the 2021 HG Wells Short Story Competition Award Ceremony on Zoom on Sunday 21st November, the winners were announced as:
- 2021 Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize Winner: Sarah-Kate Simons for Swamp Thing
- 2021 Senior Prize Winner: Peter Collins for The Domino Effect
We had our biggest entry ever this year for both competitions. Congratulations to all our shortlisted authors, and especially our winners Sarah-Kate and Peter!
The 2021 Anthology of Mask will be available soon: https://hgwellscompetition.com/h-g-wells-competition-short-story-anthologies/
We’re also delighted to announce the theme of the 2022 competition: Switch. Make of it what you will!
The Award Ceremony was broadcast on our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/HGWellsShortStoryCompetition “live” and will be available to watch back until the end of 2021.
Introduction
Tony Quarrington on Sandgate as home to HG Wells [Video]
2021 Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize
Jessica Brien reading from Soup for Starters [Reading Live]
Clara Chiu reading from Masquerade [Video]
Sophia Felsinger reading from Bitter Plums [Video]
Sarah Holm reading from The Shopkeeper [Reading live]
Mia Ramage reading from The Collector’s Shop [Video]
Sumedha Sengupta reading from The Suitor [Reading live]
Winner: Sarah-Kate Simons reading from Swamp Thing [Reading Live]
Nathan Steward reading from Mask [Video]
Weiyen Tan reading from Fear of the Mask [Reading Live]
2021 Senior Prize
Houssam Alissa: The Trojan Horse [Video]
Fija Callaghan: An Ephemeral Quality [Not reading]
Winner: Peter Collins: The Domino Effect [Not reading]
Simha Haddad reading from Fun and Games [Video]
Katherine Haynes reading from Dreams of Impossible Cowslips [Reading Live]
E. S. Heffernan reading from We, the Dead [Video]
Tony Hunter-Craig reading from Masks of Respectability [Video]
Bethany Ridley-Duff reading from The Other Face [Reading Live]
Lee Stoddart: Ham, Egg and Chips [Not reading]
Sarah Townend reading from The Beauty Parlour [Video]
Dan Vanvick reading from The Enemy Next Door [Video]
Stephen Webb reading from Area 37 [Video]