Application Deadline: 1 November, 2023
LOCATION: London, United Kingdom
The 2024 Prize will open for submissions from 1 September 2023 to 1 November 2023. 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 It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction
ELIGIBILITY:
The prize is open to all Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over – please see the full list of Commonwealth countries here.
The story must be between 2,000 and 5,000 words.
The prize is only open to short fiction, but it can be in any fiction genre–science fiction, speculative fiction, historical fiction, crime, romance, literary fiction–and you may write about any subject you wish.
Submissions are accepted in Bengali, Chinese, Creole, English, French, Greek, Malay, Maltese, Portuguese, Samoan, Swahili, Tamil, and Turkish. Stories that have been translated into English from any language are also accepted and the translator of any winning story receives additional prize money.
Your submission must be unpublished in any print or online publication, with the exception of personal websites.
BENEFIT:
The regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives a total of £5,000.
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