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The 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Has Been Released

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist has been released. It consists of twenty-four outstanding stories selected by an international judging panel from 5182 entries from 48 Commonwealth countries. For the first time, it includes writers from Samoa and Ghana and also a translated story. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Apply for the Commonwealth Writers & The Gratiaen Trust prose workshop for writers in Sri Lanka

Calling writers of fiction and creative non-fiction. Writers of short stories, novels, creative essays and memoir are all invited to apply. This workshop is intended for writers who are already working on manuscripts that they would like to revise and develop further. You are invited to submit extracts of these manuscripts (or if composed of...