The HWA and the Dorothy Dunnett Society are delighted to announce the shortlist and winner for the 2021 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition! Six stories were shortlisted and the winner and highly commended entries were selected from these. Winner His Mother’s Quilt by Naomi Kelsey A gothic gem. A woman trapped in bed fights the […]
The Race by Alice Fowler (the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story winner)
We’re delighted to publish The Race by Alice Fowler, the winner of the Historical Writers’ Association Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize for 2020. The judges praised the “sheer brilliance” of the premise and her “mastery” in “building atmosphere that tracks with the story’s mounting tension”. We hope you enjoy it, too. And the 2021 HWA/DD […]
Alice Fowler wins the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition
The Historical Writers’ Association and the Dorothy Dunnett Society are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition is Alice Fowler for The Race. The HWA/DDS Short Story Competition 2020 winner and highly commended entries are: The winner The Race by Alice Fowler The Race had us rooting […]
The 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Society Competition for an unpublished short story. The HWA/DDS Shortlist 2020 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 […]
The Daisy Fisher by Kate Jewell
We’re delighted to publish the winner of the HWA/Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize for 2019: The Daisy Fisher by Kate Jewell, and to announce that the 2020 competition is now open for entries. Full details are at the bottom of the page. An hour has passed. One hour since the women sent her home with […]
HWA Crown Awards 2019
The Historical Writers’ Association is delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 HWA Crown Awards, celebrating the best historical writing of the year, fiction and non-fiction. After months of reading, discussing, disagreeing, agreeing, and many difficult choices, the judges have awarded the top prizes in the three categories, the Gold, Non-fiction, and Debut Crowns. […]
The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition for 2019: the winner
The Historical Writers’ Association is delighted to announce the results of the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition for 2019. Winner: Kate Jewell: The Daisy Fisher Highly commended: Cathy De’Freitas: The Queen’s Jewel Joanna Dodd: Cissy Mullins Shortlisted: Liz Kershaw: Finding a Way Home Julie Evans: Lancashire Census of 1881 Monique Hayes: Mileage Longlisted: Emily […]
The 2019 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Dorothy Dunnett Society/Historical Writers’ Association Award for an unpublished short story. The DDS/HWA Shortlist 2019 Joanna Dodd: Cissy Mullins Liz Kershaw: Finding a Way Home Julie Evans: Lancashire Census of 1881 Monique Hayes: Mileage Kate Jewell: The Daisy Fisher Cathy De’Freitas: The Queen’s Jewel Our final […]