The Commonwealth Foundation in London has announced the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which is a competition open to all writers across the Commonwealth. This prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000-5,000 words) in English. Short stories translated into English are also eligible. It is very specifically for work that has not been published before, unlike what obtains in most of the major literary prizes around the world.
Entries are invited from all writers who are citizens of Commonwealth countries regardless of where they may now be residing. The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2013. Manuscripts are to be sent according to specifications on an entry form which is to be found, along with all details of the competition, on www.commonwealthwriters.org/prizes.
Five regional winners will be selected and these will then go forward to the overall competition among all five regions. The winner of the overall Commonwealth Short Story Prize will receive £5,000. A Regional Prize of £2,500 will be awarded to the remaining four regional winners. Stories written in other languages must be translated into English, and the
