Category: prize giving
2023 HG Wells Short Story Competition Winners and Awards
At the 2023 HG Wells Short Story Competition Award Ceremony on Zoom on Sunday 19th November, the winners were announced as: The 2023 Anthology of “Motion” is available now on Amazon at: We’re also delighted to announce the theme of the 2024 competition: The Fool. Make of it what you will! The Award Ceremony was…
2022 HG Wells Short Story Competition Winners and Awards
At the 2022 HG Wells Short Story Competition Award Ceremony on Zoom on Sunday 20th November, the winners were announced as: The 2022 Anthology of Switch is available now on Amazon at: We’re also delighted to announce the theme of the 2022 competition: Switch. Make of it what you will! The Award Ceremony was broadcast…
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…
The HG Wells Short Story Competition Awards Ceremony 2020
This Sunday 22nd November, at noon GMT (12pm UTC +0), is the Award Ceremony of the 2020 HG Wells Short Story Competition. We are going to livestream the event to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HGWellsShortStoryCompetition In addition to the presentation by, and live Q&A with, Sarah Anthony there will be also be readings from our…
About Silé Edwards
After a lifetime of being obsessed with stories and writing I graduated from Goldsmiths University with a BA in English and Creative Writing. During my degree, I explored careers in publishing through a series of placements and internships across the industry. After a brief stint at the Publishers Association working across their campaigns and other…
Norah Perkins to Present 2019 HG Wells Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Norah Perkins will again be our special guest to present prizes and short-list certificates at our annual awards ceremony on the 24th November at the Grand Hotel in Folkestone. Norah is an agent at Curtis Brown and represents clients across modern classics, British crime and true-life adventures, including a small…
2018 HG Wells Short Story Competition Winners
At the annual Awards Ceremony on the afternoon of Sunday 25h November at The Grand on The Leas, Folkestone, the organisers of the HG Wells Short Story Competition were delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 competition. The Winner of the Junior £1,000 Turnill Prize is Abaan Zaidi for “In the Light of the…
2018 Awards Ceremony Programme
Programme for the Awards Ceremony – Sunday 25th November 2018 at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone Master of Ceremonies: Charles Bain Smith (Chair of Judges) 12.00 Arrival and welcome to Awards Ceremony in the Drawing Room Welcome drink / tea or coffee 1230 Opening remarks by Charles Bain Smith Talk by Norah Perkins of Curtis…
2017 H G Wells Competition Winners: The Stories
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”.
2017 H G Wells Competition Winners
We are very pleased to announce that the Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1000 was won by Hazel Atkinson for her story “Venus Rising”. The Grand Prize of £250 for writers over 22 years of age was won by Alex Reece Abbott for her story “When the Call Comes”. The Judges’ Special Commendation Prize…
