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The HG Wells Short Story Competition Awards 2023
In recent years, the HG Wells Short Story Competition has welcomed stories from authors all over the world. This year is no exception, with shortlisted authors hailing from around the world, from Folkestone to Malaysia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong. We hope Wells himself would have been impressed by bringing…
H G Wells Short Story Workshops: Creating Character
How do you create real, living characters in your writing? These two writing workshops will look at ways of creating character within the restrictions of the short story form. In the first session we will identify the means by which character is defined and look at examples by prominent short story writers. Students will then…
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 Prize Shortlisted Author Catherine releases “Strange Roof”
Finishing Line Press are proud to announce the publication of Strange Roof by Catherine Higgins-Moore. This is the latest installment of the New Women’s Voices Series.
New personnel!
My name is Hannah Grover and I have recently taken over the Admin and Social Media role for the HG Wells competition. If you have any questions, please email me at hgwellscompetition@gmail.com
Change of personnel
Hello writers! To let you know that Stewart Ross is no longer Chair of the HGWSSC and I am no longer administrator, so apologies if you have contacted either for any information via this website or Facebook page. I am sure your queries will all be answered as soon as possible by a member of the Committee.…
HGWSSC THEME FOR 2016 and dates for your diary
SPACE is the theme for the HG Wells Short Story Competition 2016. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Sunday 17 July 2016 : final date for entries Wednesday 21 September 2016 : shortlists announced Sunday 27 November 2016 : Awards Ceremony
PRIZE WINNERS of the HGWSSC 2015
Many congratulations to all our entrants and shortlisted writers for their excellent stories. The winning names and stories for 2015 are as follows: Junior Category WINNER (The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize) : ANYONE CAN END UP DOWN HERE by Lauren Ross Junior Category Judging Panel Prize: ADRIFT by Cassandra Yong Senior Category WINNER (The Grand…
Today’s the day!
Just going to The Grand, Folkestone to get ready for the Awards Ceremony. Very exciting! Will post winners later.
