At the 2023 HG Wells Short Story Competition Award Ceremony on Zoom on Sunday 19th November, the winners were announced as:
- 2023 Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize Winner: Gloria Mesa for Rain Dance
- 2023 Senior Prize Winner: Keltie Zubko for The Last Teardown of Eleanor
The 2023 Anthology of “Motion” is available now on Amazon at:
- Buy “Motion” on Amazon (UK)
- Buy “Motion” on Amazon (US)
- Elsewhere search on Amazon for “Motion Joyce”
We’re also delighted to announce the theme of the 2024 competition: The Fool. 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 2023. The ceremony started with a presentation by Dr Paul March-Russell on Men Like Gods.
2022 Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize
- Radiyah Nouman reading from Away the Water Drains
- Yuen Tong Law reading from Cast Out of Heaven [reading live]
- Kantaphat Pinaree reading from Elegy for A Machine [reading live]
- Catherine Saunders reading from Figurehead
- Pritha Halder reading from Ladies’ Compartment [reading live]
- Thalia Peterson reading from Pareidolia
- Gloria Mesa reading from Rain Dance by Leyelle [reading live]
- Charlotte Moran reading from The Death of the Ticket Collector [reading live]
- Sarah-Kate Simons reading from The Matchmaker [reading live]
- Allison VanHuysen reading from The Resonance of the Zucchini [reading live]
- Tessa Shutter reading from When a car dies on a deserted road does it make a sound
2023 Senior Prize
- Kerry Ryan reading from A Parcel of Rogues [reading live]
- Steven Jackson reading from A Static Hero [reading live]
- Arthur Neong reading from A Walk in the Park [reading live]
- Jarick Weldon reading from Currents from Cabo Verde
- Katie Rizzo reading from Endless Horizon
- Mary Onions reading from Grounded [reading live]
- Mary Onions reading from Pilgrimage [reading live]
- Keltie Zubko reading from The Last Teardown of Eleanor
- Anna Linstrum reading from Untethered [Unable to read live]
- Ashia Mirza reading from Yahya’s Garden [reading live]