The Commonwealth short story prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction administered and funded by commonwealth foundation. The commonwealth short story Prize is part of the Commonwealth Writers, the cultural initiative from Commonwealth Foundation.
WORTH
- The Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English written by a citizen of aCommonwealth country.
- Five winning writers from five different Commonwealth regions share a total prize money of £15,000
- The overall winner receives £5,000, one of the highest amounts for an international short story open to unpublished writers
- Regional winners receive £2,500
ELIGIBILITY
- Applicants from the shortlisted Commonwealth countries are eligible to apply
- Short stories translated into English from other languages are also eligible, and we invite writers from Mozambique who write in Portuguese and writers who write in Samoan, Swahili and Bengali, and who do not have an English translation of their story, to submit their stories in the original language.
DEADLINE: November 1 2016
To apply and for more information visit here
