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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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Poppy Against the Sky

29 November 2017 By Editor

We’re delighted to publish the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize winning entry for 2017, a moving tale of grief and redemption from author Annie Whitehead. His hand is on hers, fingers curling around her palm and encircling it. He blinks, quickly. There is moisture in his eyes and she knows that he is anxious […]

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