Author: Tim Prater
2022 HG Wells Short Story Competition: Switch
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 annual HG Wells Short Story Competition offers a £500 Senior and £1,000 Junior prize (* see footnote) and free publication of all shortlisted entries…
2021 HG Wells Short Story Competition Award Winners and Ceremony
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…
I Am the Maskmaker
The HG Wells Short Story team were delighted to hear from 2020 shortlisted author Rhiannon Lewis with news of her very own new book “I Am the Mask Maker“. The book includes “The Last Flight of La Librairie d’Afrique du Nord” which was included in our 2020 anthology of shortlisted stories. Rhiannon explained that although…
HG Wells Short Story Competition Shortlists 2021
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2021 on the theme “Mask”. We have again received a really high number of entries this year, with many excellent quality stories from talented writers across the world! The judges have selected the following stories for the 2021…
Grappling with the Unintelligible: Reg Turnill
As a young journalist, Reg Turnill met most of the prewar political personalities and later became the BBC’s space correspondent being the only one in the press room when the historic Houston we have a problem message came from Apollo 13. This is the autobiography of Reg Turnill, who early in his career inteviewed HG…
Folkestone Book Festival 2021: The Shape of Things to Come
Creative Folkestone have announced the return of the Folkestone Book Festival: The Shape of Things to Come. Between Friday 4 June – Sunday 13 June the Book Festival will present ideas, debate and conversation through a range of digital and in-person talks and events. The festival continues to take its inspiration from the ideas and…
HG Wells Short Story Competition: Adult Creative Writing Workshop: Chekhov’s gun
On Wednesday 19th and 26th May, the H G Wells Short Story Competition has organised two free online writing workshops for aspiring writers aged 22+ led by Sarah Anthony. Chekhov’s gun is a concept that describes how every element in a story should contribute to the whole. It comes from Russian writer Anton Chekhov’s famous writing…
HG Wells Short Story Competition: Junior Creative Writing Workshop: Chekhov’s gun
On Wednesday 22nd and 29th May, the H G Wells Short Story Competition has organised two free online writing workshops for aspiring writers aged under 22 led by Sarah Anthony. Chekhov’s gun is a concept that describes how every element in a story should contribute to the whole. It comes from Russian writer Anton Chekhov’s famous…
