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The magazine of the Historical Writers Association

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The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2019

15 March 2019 By Editor

The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition for 2019

Nineteen Above Discovery

24 December 2018 By Editor

We’re delighted to publish the winner of the 2018 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize. Nineteen Above Discovery by Jennifer Falkner is a beautifully-crafted, brooding story set in the bleakness of the Klondike in the depths of winter. August 31, 1896. Here, to avoid being poor, we live worse than tramps, turning the earth inside out. Last night […]

The 2018 HWA Crown Awards winners!

10 November 2018 By Editor

Shaun Whiteside, Elizabeth Fremantle

At last the waiting’s over and the winners have been announced. At an awards party held at the Swedenborg Centre in London on 7 November, 2018, and hosted by historian Kate Williams, HWA members and colleagues celebrated the winners of the three HWA Crown awards and the HWA / Dorothy Dunnett short story competition. The Sharpe […]

The Historical Writers’ Association / Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2018

10 November 2018 By Editor

Jen Falkner

A surprise double win for Jennifer Falkner at the Historical Writers’ Association / Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2018

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