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2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Deadline: Sat 1 Nov 2025
The search for some of the Commonwealth’s best short stories has begun again. The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words).
An international judging panel will select a shortlist of around twenty-five stories, from which five regional winners are chosen. One of the regional winners is then selected as the overall winner, who receives £5,000. The regional winners will receive £2,500. All five regional winning stories will be published on Granta.
Find out more here
Deadline: 1 November 2025, 11:59pm GMT
Additional Information:
Location:
International
Region(s):
International
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