2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Is Now Open For Submission.

 

 

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an award given for the best unpublished short story that has a minimum of 2,000 words and a maximum of 5,000 words.

 

The prize was set up in 2012 to inspire, develop and connect writers and storytellers across the Commonwealth; it was the replacement for the Commonwealth Short Story Competition that was discontinued in 2011.

 

Read Also: Read These Five Books.

 

This prize is open to everyone and is free; the stories are to be written in English but can be translated from other languages. The overall winner receives a sum of 5,000 Pounds and the regional winner receives 2,000 Pounds.

 

 

The Past Overall Winners Are:

 

2012: Emma Martin for Two Girls in a Boat. (Pacific)

 

2013: Eliza Robertson for We Walked On Water. (Canada and Europe)

Sharon Millar for the Whale House. (Caribbean)

 

2014: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi for Let’s Tell This Story Properly. (Africa)

 

2015: Jonathan Tel for the Human Photograph. (Canada and Europe)

 

2016: Parashar Kulkarni for Cow and Company. (Asia)

 

2017: Ingrid Persaud for The Sweet Sop. (Caribbean)

 

visit www.commonwealthwriters.org