This is for the prize est. in 2012. For the previous award see Commonwealth Short Story Competition

Commonwealth Short Story Competition

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction . The prize is open to Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over...

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 - 5,000 words). The prize is open to Commonwealth

Commonwealth

Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...

 citizens aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is part of an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation

Commonwealth Foundation

The Commonwealth Foundation is an intergovernmental organisation that was established by the Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1965, the same year as its sister organisation, the Commonwealth Secretariat...

 called the Commonwealth Writers, which seeks to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth.

The regional winners receive £1,000 and the overall winner receives £5,000.

Commonwealth Foundation

Commonwealth Writers is part of the Culture programme of the Commonwealth Foundation, along with other schemes such as the Commonwealth Connections arts residency scheme. The Commonwealth Foundation is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1965, resourced by and reporting to Commonwealth governments, and guided by Commonwealth values and priorities. It aims is to strengthen civil society in the achievement of Commonwealth priorities - democracy and good governance, respect for human rights and gender equality, poverty eradication and sustainable, people-centred development, and to promote arts and culture.

See also

• Commonwealth Writers - a world of new fiction
• Commonwealth Book Prize
  Commonwealth Book Prize
  Awarded for best first book, the Commonwealth Book Prize is open to writers who are Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over and who have had their first novel published in the year of entry...
  
  
• The Commonwealth Short Story Competition

External links

• Commonwealth Short Story Prize, official site (Commonwealth Writers)
• Commonwealth Short Story Prize, official site (Commonwealth Foundation)