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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026

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Commonwealth Foundation Online 2026

Information

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction, administered and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation. It has a global reach with five regional winners and a single overall winner who receives prize money, while all regional winners have their stories published on Granta.

Benefits

Prize money: £5,000 for the overall winner; £2,500 for each regional winner; all five regional winning stories published on Granta.

Eligibility

Entrants must be citizens of a Commonwealth country or stateless persons currently residing in a Commonwealth country; entrants must be 18 years or older on 1 November 2025; entries must be unpublished until 1 May 2026.

Application

Submit a short story by 1 November 2025 via the official submission link provided on the Commonwealth Foundation site.

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