KENT NEWS: A short-story competition to celebrate the works of HG Wells has failed to attract a single entry – despite the £1,000 prize.
Budding young writers were invited to send their short stories creating a picture of contemporary life in Kent, to Reg Turnill, a former BBC aerospace correspondent who as a young reporter interviewed Wells.
But due to what Mr Turnill now believes were over-strict rules, he has had to change the entry conditions.
The 94-year-old said: “I wanted people to write the stories by hand as a condition of entry to address the low standard of literacy and handwriting these days.
“It’s an important art in itself and many of our most famous authors find that’s the best way to do creative writing.
“I also wanted the stories to reflect life in 2010 so they would interest readers in 2110, in the way that Wells’ stories do.
“My aim in offering the £1,000 prize was to
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