Commonwealth Writers

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Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Awarded for	Best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 - 5,000 words)
Location	Commonwealth countries
Presented by	Commonwealth Writers
First awarded	2012
Website	www.commonwealthwriters.org

Commonwealth Writers (established in 2011) is the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation. It aims to inspire, develop and connect writers across the Commonwealth. Its flagship is a literary award for short stories, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and a website.

As the Commonwealth Foundation’s cultural programme, Commonwealth Writers works in partnership with international literary organisations, the wider cultural industries and civil society to help writers develop their craft.^[1] Partners include the BBC World Service, the British Council, English PEN, Granta, Hay Festival, the Prince Claus Fund, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Brunel University African Poetry Prize, and others.^[2]