The Commonwealth Foundation

The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country who is aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction.

The prize is open to all Commonwealth citizens – please see the full list of Commonwealth countries here: https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

"As well as English, stories are accepted in the Bengali, Chinese, Creole, French, Greek, Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil and Turkish languages. Translated entries from any language into English are also eligible. If the winning story is a translation, the translator receives additional prize money."

Free entry!

"Regional winners each receive £2,500 and the opportunity to be published online by Granta magazine, and the overall winner receives £5,000."

We accept stories written in Bengali, Chinese, Creole, English, French, Greek, Malay, Maltese, Portuguese, Samoan, Swahili, Tamil, and Turkish. Stories that have been translated into English from any language are also accepted and the translator of any winning story receives additional prize money.

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

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