Category: short list

2025 HG Wells Short Story Competition Winners and Awards
Huge Congratulations to our 2025 HG Wells Short Story Competition winners! Jane Belle won the Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize (Under 22) for “The Syrup Boy of Whickering Moor” and LM Bestie took the Senior Prize with “Halfway Through The In-Between”. Congratulations to Jane Belle, LM Bestie and all our shortlisted authors, whose stories appear…
HG Wells Competition Shortlists 2025
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2025 on the theme “The Middle Ground”. The judges have selected the following stories for the 2025 shortlists (listed below in alphabetical story order only). Shortlist for Junior Competition, The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1,000 Jane…

HG Wells Competition Shortlists 2024
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2024 on the theme “The Fool”. The judges have selected the following stories for the 2024 shortlists (listed below in alphabetical story order only). Shortlist for Junior Competition, The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1,000 Eshaan Agarwal…


