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Sanjana Thakur Wins 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Friday, 28 June 2024, 12:22 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
Indian writer Sanjana Thakur has today been announced as the overall winner of the world’s most global literature prize. The 26-year-old from Mumbai saw off 7,359 entrants worldwide to take the £5,000 prize. More >>
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 Regional Winners Announced
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 8:15 am | Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the world’s most global literary prize. More >>
3 NZ Writers Shortlisted For Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 1:57 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
An international judging panel has shortlisted twenty-three outstanding stories for the world’s most global literature prize. More >>
2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Announcement 17 April
Friday, 12 April 2024, 3:00 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
2020 overall winner Kritika Pandey says, ‘Winning the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 has opened doors I had not imagined possible at this stage of my career’ More >>
New Zealander Himali McInnes Is Pacific Winner, 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 9:14 am | Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the regional winners of the world’s most global literary prize. New Zealander Himali McInnes has won the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Pacific). The 49-year-old, who lives in Auckland, ... More >>
Regional Winners of Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 9:11 am | Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced that five ‘gripping’ stories tackling ‘difficult metaphysical and historical questions’ have won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the world’s most global literary prize. The writers—who hail ... More >>
Entries Open, Judges Announced For 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Friday, 2 September 2022, 5:19 am | Commonwealth Foundation
Bilal Tanweer to chair high-profile international judging panel Prize opens for submissions until 1 November 2022 Entrants can submit in 12 languages for the chance to win international recognition and prize money London, UK. Pakistani writer and ... More >>
Global First As Young Eswatini Writer Ntsika Kota Wins 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 5:46 am | Commonwealth Foundation
29-year-old newcomer makes history as first winner from Eswatini Kota’s story ‘and the earth drank deep’ depicts a group of hunter-gatherers encountering threats from wild animals, disease and unexpected death Winning story praised for ‘putting ... More >>
2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winners Announced
Monday, 23 May 2022, 6:52 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
Authors from Eswatini, Singapore and St Vincent and the Grenadines win for the first time Judges praise ‘cornucopia of riches’ as stories cover ambitious range of topics Environmental and social justice themes dominate Social and environmental ... More >>
2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Announced
Monday, 25 April 2022, 6:02 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
World’s most global literature prize features writers from St Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Gibraltar and eSwatini shortlisted for the first time Judges hail 'memorable and urgent stories that captured the concerns of their respective ... More >>
Judges Announced For 10th Annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:21 am | Commonwealth Foundation
Zoë Wicomb. South African novelist and critic Zoë Wicomb will chair an international panel of judges for the 10th Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her fellow judges, drawn from the five regions of the Commonwealth, are Nigerian author A. Igoni Barrett (Africa), ... More >>
2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Announced: 2 NZ Authors On Shortlist
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 6:45 am | Commonwealth Foundation
Twenty outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global literature prize. The writers come from 15 countries across the Commonwealth including, for the first time, The Gambia. Often humorous ... More >>
The 2015 Commonwealth Foundation grants call is open
Friday, 9 January 2015, 11:23 am | Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation has launched a call for grant applications to support sustainable development projects that contribute to effective, responsive and accountable governance with civil society participation across the Commonwealth. • Open to ... More >>
2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Open for entry 1 October
Friday, 27 September 2013, 11:55 am | Commonwealth Foundation
This year Commonwealth Writers turns its focus solely on the Commonwealth Short Story Prize as a unique award. The short story is an accessible form for writers across the Commonwealth who are able to enter from countries where there is little or no ... More >>
New Zealand triumphs in Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:49 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the regional winners for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Representing Africa, Asia, Canada & Europe, Caribbean, and the Pacific regions, these writers will now compete to become ... More >>
New Zealand hosts the launch of Commonwealth Shorts
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 11:07 am | Commonwealth Foundation
Film-makers from across the Commonwealth will gather in Auckland to premiere five short films on the theme of relationships. The one documentary and four dramas explore migration, indigenous rights and same-sex relationships. More >>
Sonia Gandhi urges Commonwealth to include women in debate
Friday, 18 March 2011, 11:02 am | Commonwealth Foundation
Sonia Gandhi urges Commonwealth to spearhead inclusion of women in global climate change debate More >>
Public Service Reform in the Pacific
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 10:10 am | Commonwealth Foundation
Heads of Cabinet Offices and Public Service Secretaries in the Pacific will hone their skills in strategic leadership and effective management at a Commonwealth forum in the Cook Islands. The four-day forum in Rarotonga which begins on 21 February ... More >>
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011 Shortlist
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:54 am | Commonwealth Foundation
The Commonwealth Writers' Prize, internationally recognised for its role in celebrating ground-breaking works from both new and established writers, has today revealed the literary icons of tomorrow in the South East Asia and Pacific regional shortlist ... More >>
Samoa Asks NZ To Chair Workshop
Saturday, 3 October 2009, 12:29 pm | Commonwealth Foundation
New Zealand will chair an international parliamentary workshop to assist the Samoan parliamentary delegation which has returned home together with the Speaker of the Tongan Parliament from the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference being held ... More >>
