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CHEVENING FULLY-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN THE UK

Application Opens: September 12, 2023, Deadline: 7 November, 2023 at 12:00 GMT (midday UK time)

LOCATION: United Kindgom

Chevening is the UK government’s international scholarships programme. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organisations, we offer awards to study in the UK for one year on a fully funded master’s degree course. Successful Chevening candidates come from a diverse range of countries and backgrounds, but they all demonstrate the passion, vision and skills needed to shape a better world.

ELIGIBILITY:

All Chevening applicants must submit their education documents, references, and one unconditional UK university offer. The deadlines for these required documents are in the Chevening application timeline. Use the ‘update my application’ button above to upload them.

If you are conditionally selected for a Chevening Scholarship, it is essential that you submit these documents in order to remain in the process.

You will receive email updates about your application status at each step of the selection process. You can also check your status on the online application system. Log in using your registration details. Take a look at the Chevening application timeline and our FAQs for a better understanding of the upcoming stages of the selection process.

BENEFIT:

Fully funded

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COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION SHORT STORY PRIZE

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 It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction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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