2019 Competition
We are pleased to announce the results of
the H.E.Bates short story competition for 2019.
First prize Michael Stewart 'When A Woman Says No'
Second prize Hilary Spiers 'Last Train'
Third prize Judy Drazin 'The Blue Bead'
Prize for the best Northamptonshire Writer Steven Holding 'Route Thirty-Three'
The Head Judge this year was Stephen Collier, the author of the acclaimed crime novels, Blind Murder and Driving Dead.
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We are planning to produce an anthology of 30 or 40 prize-winning stories from 2005 (when the H E Bates Competition was re-launched after several years absence) to 2019. If any winners have any objection to their story being included in the book, we would be grateful if they could let us know.
