In recent years, the HG Wells Short Story Competition has welcomed stories from authors all over the world. This year is no exception, with shortlisted authors hailing from around the world, from Folkestone to Malaysia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong. We hope Wells himself would have been impressed by bringing the world together in this way, and enjoy that we can meet together on Zoom from around the world and share our stories, as outlandish as that would seem during his lifetime.
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”
The Award Ceremony is 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 starts with a presentation by Dr Paul March-Russell on Men Like Gods.
2023 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 [Not reading]
- Ashia Mirza reading from Yahya’s Garden [reading live]