The 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open for entries. Entry is free. Each year, we select five winning writers from five different Commonwealth regions who share a total prize money of £15,000. The overall winner receives £5,000, one of the highest amounts for an international short story prize open to unpublished writers. Regional winners receive £2,500. The story you submit must be unpublished, but please note that published writers are also eligible.
Romesh Gunesekera and 2014 Prizewinner Jennifer Makumbi
Eligibility and Entry Rules
To enter the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, submit your unpublished short story of 2000-5000 words via the online application form between 15 September and 15 November 2014.
Before submitting a story to the prize, please read the eligibility and entry rules [Download 2015 CSSP Eligibility Entry Rules]. Submission of an entry is taken as acceptance of the rules.
For any entry or eligibility queries not in the rules, please email writers@commonwealth.int for clarification before submitting an entry. This year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize is part-funded by The Sigrid Rausing Trust.
Opening date: 15 September 2014
Closing date: Entries must be submitted via the online entry form by 15 November 2014 (12 noon GMT)
No entries will be considered if submitted after this date.
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