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The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2020 Final Results

2nd November 2020 by Imogen Robertson

And here are the final results.

First Prize

The Race by Alice Fowler

The Race had us rooting for it from the starting line. The use of the race to discuss social issues and racism is sheer brilliance and the author’s mastery building atmosphere that tracks with the story’s mounting tension had us gripped. The competition was tough this year but this short story won by a nose.

Highly Commended

Pounds, Shilling and Pence by Valerie Thompson

What does it mean to be complicit? In a period of time in which many of us are asking ourselves this very question about the status quo and our role in perpetuating institutionalised racism, this clever story portrays a case of a commitment to social justice and its limits.

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Mavourneen by Annie Friedlein 

This story gives voice to the muse of artist James Tissot, and behind his gauzy portraits Friedlein discovers a woman with her own story and perspective. The writing is perfectly pitched, full of the telling details, images and textures. The story conveys a depth of emotion which goes beyond the words on the page to produce the alchemical shiver of great art.

The other shortlisted stories were:

Lakshmi Will Return ~ Padmini B. Sankar

The Pavilion of Enlightenment ~ Alison Lloyd.

The Sentinel Bird ~ Jacqui Scholes-Rhodes

All entries are judged anonymously. The six shortlisted stories will be collected as an anthology and the writers of the winning and highly commended stories will be offered professional mentoring on craft and career. The writer of the winning story will also receive £500 along with publication on Historia and in The Whispering Gallery along with our hearty congratulations.

Many congratulations to the writers of these remarkable stories. We’d also like to thank our fantastic final round judges – Matt Casbourne, Pamela Gordon, Antonia Hodgson and Norah Perkins and our first round judges who had the impossible task of reading over two hundred stories to reach our longlist of twenty-five:

Janet Angelini, Lesley Burnie, Elisabeth Gifford, Kate Jewell, Jean Lang, Barbara Milner, Betty Moxon, Maggie Richell-Davies, Michael Ridpath, Annie Whitehead & Nancy Wright.

 

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The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2020 Shortlist

19th October 2020 by Imogen Robertson

The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2020

We are very excited to share the news! We have a shortlist. Many congratulations to the writers of these magnificent stories, and to all the longlisted authors.

The Shortlist

Lakshmi Will Return by Padmini B. Sankar

A powerful story of loss and yearning, war and division. Moving, thought-provoking and evocative.

Mavourneen by Annie Friedlein

The muse of artist James Tissot gains a voice full of subtle shading and vigorous life.

Pounds, Shillings and Pence by Valerie Thompson

A pair of sisters face a dilemma in a poised and quietly provoking morality tale.

The Pavilion of Enlightenment by Alison Lloyd

An atmospheric murder mystery, set in a beautifully rendered private world – an assured and memorable story.

The Race by Alice Fowler

A heart in your mouth portrait of bravery in a fully realised community.

The Sentinel Bird by Jacqui Scholes-Rhodes

A rich sense of place with convincing characters and beautifully constructed.

The final winner and  two highly commended entries will be announced on 2 November. The winning story will be published online in Historia and in The Whispering Gallery – the magazine of the Dorothy Dunnett Society and the writer will receive £500. The writers of the winning and two highly commended short stories will also be offered craft and career mentoring sessions.

All six fantastic shortlisted stories will be published by the HWA/DDS as a kindle and print on demand anthology. Each writer will receive two author copies and £25.

 

Thank you so much to our judges who had to choose these stories from such a strong longlist: Matt Casbourne, Antonia Hodgson, Norah Perkins and Pamela Gordon.

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The HWA Crowns Shortlists for 2020

7th October 2020 by Imogen Robertson

So these are the shortlists! Many thanks to our judges for their commitment, hardwork and those intense debates. Every book on the longlists was exceptional, so these really are the best of the best. Our congratulations to all the authors, agents and publishers involved.

 

HWA Debut Crown Shortlist 2020

Susan Heads, Ayo Onatade (chair), Simon Savidge

HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2020

Yasmin Khan, Keith Lowe, Timothy Phillips, Alex von Tunzelmann (chair)

HWA Gold Crown 2020

Kate Atherton, Robin Carter, LP Fergusson, Jean Fullerton, Jean Goodhind, Jason Hewitt (Chair), Frances Owen, Gill Paul.

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The HWA Crown Shortlists Announcement: Wednesday 7 October 11am

6th October 2020 by Imogen Robertson

Keep an eye on Twitter for the announcement of the 2020 Shortlists for the Gold, Non-Fiction and Debut Crown Awards on Wednesday 7 October at around 11am! We can’t wait to share the news. The judging process was tough this year and fans of historical writing should have all the 36 longlisted books on their Christmas lists. You can read about them all here:

http://www.historiamag.com/hwa-crowns-longlists-2020/

 

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HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition – Longlist Announcement Today

15th September 2020 by Imogen Robertson

Watch this space! We’ll be announcing the longlist between 3.30 and 4.00 PM today.

And here they are: http://historicalwriters.org/hwadds2020longlist

Filed Under: News

Meet the Judges of the 2020 HWA Crown Awards

20th April 2020 by Imogen Robertson

Read about our judges here

Filed Under: News

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