The commonwealth short story prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction administered and funded by the commonwealth foundation. The commonwealth short story prize is part of commonwealth writers, the cultural initiatives of the commonwealth foundation
WORTH
- There will be five winners, one from each region.
- One regional winner will be selected as the overall winner.
- The overall winner of the commonwealth short prize receives £5,000 and
- The remaining four regional winners £2,500.
- If the winning short is a translation into English, the translator receives additional prize money: £2,000 for the overall winning story and £1,000 for a regional winning story
ELIGIBILITY
- Entrants must be citizens of a commonwealth country
- Writers from non-commonwealth countries
- Entrant must be aged 18 years or over
- There is no requirement for the writer to have current residence in a commonwealth country, providing she /he is a citizen of a commonwealth country.
- The ruling of the chair on question of eligibility is final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
Deadline: November 1, 2015
To apply and for more information visit here
