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Alice Fowler wins the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition

2 November 2020 By Editor

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

19 October 2020 By Editor

We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Society Competition for an unpublished short story.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

13 April 2020 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

6 November 2019 By Editor

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

30 October 2019 By Editor

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

2 October 2019 By Editor

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delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Dorothy Dunnett Society/Historical Writers’ Association Award for an unpublished short story.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 […]

The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2019 longlist

23 September 2019 By Editor

The longlist for the Dorothy Dunnett Society/Historical Writers’ Association Short Story Competition 2019.

The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2019

15 March 2019 By Editor

The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition for 2019

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