Category: short story competition
HG Wells Short Story Competition 2018
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 prestigious HG Wells Short Story Competition offers generous Senior and Junior prizes and free publication of all shortlisted entries in a quality, professionally published…
2017 H G Wells Competition Anthology: Light
Available now, Light contains twenty of the best short stories on the theme of Light selected by the judges from a large entry for the 2017 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition.
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…
2017 H G Wells Competition Shortlists
We are delighted to announce our two shortlists for the prestigious H G Wells Short Story Competition 2017. We have received a high level of entries this year of excellent quality from talented writers in the UK, Europe, America, New Zealand and India. The judges have selected the following stories for the 2017 shortlists. Shortlist…
2017 Awards Ceremony and Shortlist Release Date
The H G Wells Short Story Competition Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday 19 November at The Grand, Folkestone. It’s 12 for 12.30 until 3pm at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2XL. A buffet lunch is at 1pm. To book, please contact Victoria Court at The Grand on 01303 222222. All shortlisted writers…
Special Commendation Award 2016 Winner: Alice Sargent – Not Enough Space in this World
As soon as I step into the kitchen, I can see that something tragic has happened. Something that will change us forever. Mother sits, hunched, at the table; her face is frozen in a grotesque contortion, her lips pressed together so that they are barely visible, her eyes dull with anguish, her nose and cheeks…
The Grand Prize 2016 Winner: Anne Petrie – Space Wars
“Rules are there for a reason,” Eric said, for probably the twentieth time that evening. “When I was assistant manager at the bank, there were rules. Everyone had to keep the rules because otherwise it would have been chaos. The same principle applies here.” He put his pipe back in his mouth and leant back,…
The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize 2016 Winner: Holly Cartwright – The Fallow Sons of a Failed Astronaut
Father tells us that during the day the sky is merely a leafy branch which shades us from the heat of the sun but at night it is a window to outer space.
HG Wells Short Story Competition 2017
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 prestigious HG Wells Short Story Competition offers generous Senior and Junior prizes and free publication of all shortlisted entries in a quality, professionally published…
