Category: short story competition
HG Wells Short Story Competition 2025: The Middle Ground
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…
2024 HG Wells Short Story Competition Winners and Awards
Huge Congratulations to our 2024 HG Wells Short Story Competition winners”! Celia Fournier won the Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize (Under 22) for “Vulture’s Field” and Robert Maslen took the Senior Prize with “Sally Grass”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4ffkXQkFI… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKECRoPv3og… Congratulations to Celia, Robert and all our shortlisted authors, whose stories appear in our 2024 anthology “The Fool”.…
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…
HG Wells Short Story Competition 2024: The Fool
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…
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…
HG Wells Competition Shortlists 2023
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2023 on the theme “Motion”. The judges have selected the following stories for the 2023 shortlists (listed below in alphabetical story order only). Shortlist for Junior Competition, The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1,000 Radiyah Nouman PK…
HG Wells 2023 Creative Writing Workshops: Characterisation
We are pleased to offer creative writing workshops on the subject of characterisation, focusing on narrative voice and dialogue. The workshops are led by Sarah Anthony, an experienced literature lecturer and teacher, and one of our judges for the 2023 HG Wells Short Story Competition. Attendees are required to attend two sessions. In the first…
HG Wells Short Story Competition 2023: Motion
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…
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…
HG Wells Competition Shortlists 2022
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2022 on the theme “Switch”. The judges have selected the following stories for the 2022 shortlists (listed below in alphabetical story order only). Shortlist for Junior Competition, The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize of £1,000 Ginny Martin GB…
