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 in our 2025 anthology “The Middle Ground”.

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Start thinking now for our 2026 competition theme of “The Cheat”. the 2026 competition will open for entries via our website in late January 2026.

The 2025 Award ceremony, including readings from many of our shortlisted authors, is available on our Facebook page.

Shortlist for Junior Competition, The Margaret and Reg Turnill Prize

Shortlist for the Senior Competition, The Grand Prize

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Fiona Salter reading from her 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “The Glass Delusion”.

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Kirsty Balfour reading from her 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “Coffee and Clocks”.

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Lesley Bungay reading from her 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “The Last Walk”.

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Frances Brindle reading from her 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “Extra Time”.

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Lee Amoss reading from his 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “Stolen Hours”.

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Sinead Donaghy reading from her 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “One Day at a Time”.

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Laura Maria Steel Pascual reading from her 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “Lemons”.

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Silé Edwards reading from Cheryl Buck’s 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “The Garden”.

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David Bradley reading from his 2019 HG Wells Short Story Competition Grand Prize Shortlisted entry “Life Expectancy”.

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