Deadline: Nov 1st 2019 | Age 18+ | Enter this annual award for unpublished short fiction administered and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation.
The prize is run by Commonwealth Writers, the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation. They inspire and connect writers and storytellers across the world, bringing personal stories to a global audience.
Commonwealth Writers believes in the transformative power of creative expression in all its forms. They work with local and international partners to identify and deliver a wide range of cultural projects. Their activities take place in Commonwealth countries, but their community is global.
Prize:
Regional winners receive £2500 and the overall winner receives £5000
Rules:
- Entrants must be citizens of Commonwealth countries.
- Only one entry per writer
- The story must be the entrant’s own unpublished work (work published on personal blogs and websites is allowed)
- Wordcount between 2000 and 5000
- Entries should be uploaded as a PDF document
- There are no restricitons on setting, genre or theme
- The story should be adult fiction
- Entries should be Arial 12 font with double line spacing
- Use the story title as the file name
- The first page should include the name of the story and the number of words
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