2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Opportunity type: Competition
For: Writers
Deadline: 31/10/2024.
Rewards: Up to £5,000.
Location Eligibility: Commonwealth Countries
About this opportunity
The 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize invites writers in any Commonwealth countries and stand a chance of winning up to £5,000. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words).
Rewards
The regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives a total of £5,000. The winning stories are published online by Granta and in a special print collection by Paper + Ink. The shortlisted stories are published in adda, the online literary magazine of the Commonwealth Foundation.
If the winning short story is a translation into English, the translator will receive an additional prize of £750.
Eligibility
Open to any citizen (writers) of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. Please see the full list of Commonwealth countries here.
Entry Fee
Free
How to Apply
Apply using the link: Commonwealth Short Story Prize
All questions regarding this open call should be sent to creatives@commonwealthfoundation.com
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