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📣 MEET THE 2024 SHORTLIST! 👋 We are delighted to present the 2024 #CWprize shortlist! The 23 writers have been selected by an international judging panel from 7,359 entries in a record-breaking year. Congratulations to you all! Read more 👇

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🚨 CALLING ALL COMMONWEALTH WRITERS 🚨 Submissions are now open for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023 We can't wait to read all of the amazing entries ✍ Let us know if you are entering in the comments & tag your writer friends More here ▶️▶️

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We are proud to announce ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’ by Kritika Pandey as the Overall Winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. #CWprize Congratulations Kritika! Read about Kritika and her story here:

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Congratulations to Innocent Chizaram Ilo, the regional winner for Africa of the 2020 #CWPrize ! Join us on 30 June for our award ceremony and the announcement of this year's overall winner. #storiestoconnectus

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We're so pleased to announce the 2020 #CWprize shortlist! Find out about the twenty Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlisted stories and their writers here: #storiestoconnectus @BlckPorcelain #iheartshortstories

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We are delighted to announce the regional winners of the 2020 #CWPrize ! Congratulations to: Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Africa), Kritika Pandey (Asia), Reyah Martin (Canada & Europe), Brian S. Heap (Caribbean), and Andrea E. Macleod (Pacific). @BlckPorcelain

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The 2021 #CWprize shortlist is finally here. Congratulations to the 25 writers selected from a record 6423 submissions! Many thanks to the judges and readers who made this happen, and to everyone who entered. Meet the writers here:

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The 2021 #CWprize is now open for entries. Submit your short story here: #WritingCompetitions #WritingCommunity #fiction

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The 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open for entries. #Submit your story: #CWPrize #Writing #Competition

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We're delighted to announce the regional winners of the 2021 #CWprize : @remythequill from Namibia @KanyaDalmeida from Sri Lanka, @CarolMFarrelly from Scotland, @sketcher_novel from Jamaica & @katerinagibson from Australia. Many congratulations!

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‘Too caught up watching on TV the magnified insides of somebody’s mouth being cleansed by a toothpaste that tastes like turmeric to notice when the boy appears next to her.’ @ReallySwara reads ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’ by Kritika Pandey #CWprize

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Sri Lankan author Kanya D’Almeida ( @KanyaDalmeida ) has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize! Kanya's winning story, ‘I Cleaned The—‘, is about ‘dirty work’: domestic labour, abandonment, romantic encounters behind bathroom doors, and human waste.

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Writers! It's nearly that time again! Submissions for the 2024 #cwprize open on 1 September. You will have until 1 November 2023 to write and submit your story. Join our mailing list to receive submission information and get updates on the prize.

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📢 ✨Calling poets and spoken word artists! Submit your work to our new #adda call. Deadline: 22 October 2023 Submit here: #Poetry #SpokenWord #CallForSubmissions Artwork: Gisela Mulindwa

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📢 ✨ Calling all writers! The Hope Prize welcomes submissions on the themes of hope, courage, and resilience. Entries can be fiction or nonfiction between 2,000 and 5,000 words. The winner will receive $10,000 AUD. Submit by 22 March. Learn more:

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The 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open for submissions. Submit your story at #CWprize #Writing #Competition

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NTSIKA KOTA WINS THE 2022 #CWPRIZE 2022! Ntsika has made history as the first writer from Eswatini to win the prize for 'and the earth drank deep.' Chair Judge Fred D’Aguiar described the story as an 'instant classic' Congratulations Ntsika!

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✍️ Writing Opportunity! The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is open for non-fiction, poetry, and life writing up to 3,000 words from unpublished writers worldwide. Winners get £1,000 and publication in @WasafiriMag . Deadline: 1 July Learn more:

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THE #CWPRIZE IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 📣 📝 Writers, you have until 1 November 2023 to submit your story! Remember, the prize is free to enter. The winner gets £5,000 and their story will be published online. Read more on our website... good luck!

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We are delighted to announce the 2022 #CWprize regional winners! Africa: Ntsika Kota Asia: Sofia Mariah Ma Canada and Europe: Cecil Browne Caribbean: Diana McCaulay Pacific: Mary Rokonadravu Congratulations to you all!

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🚨Call for editors!🚨 Here at adda we're always looking for editors, writers, poets, illustrators & more from underrepresented communities. (1/3)

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In 'A Groom Like Shahrukh' by @vidhanverma , childhood friends Paro and Manju dream of husbands resembling @iamsrk . Family-arranged marriages unfold with unexpected twists, exploring friendship, cultural traditions and the pursuit of love. Read now 👇

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‘I am honoured and deeply humbled to represent the African region for this year’s #CWprize . I stand in the shadows of all the African writers who have been here before me, particularly [ @larimah ], whose works are so monumental to my craft’ - @Ethereal_ilo

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📣 Calling all fiction writers! Enter your story to the #CWprize for a chance to win £5,000. The prize is free to enter and accepts submissions in 13 different languages. Enter today 👇

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We are delighted to announce the 2023 #cwprize shortlist! 🎉 Meet the 28 writers who were selected by an expert literary panel after 6,642 submitted stories to the prize. Congratulations to you all!

2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist

We are delighted to introduce the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist. The 28 shortlisted writers come from 19 countries across the Commonwealth. T...

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Meet your 2022 #CWPrize Shortlist! Congratulations to all! 🎉 The Regional winners will be announced on 23 May, and the overall winner on 21 June. Read more 👇 Meet the shortlist video 👇

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Meet the 26 writers shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Hear how the global pandemic has affected their writing, and what being shortlis...

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‘[I like] the ability to wear the skin of a character - you almost forget that you have your own life to live’ - Innocent Chizaram Ilo Congratulations, Innocent, on being shortlisted for the 2020 #CWprize #storiestoconnectus #worldbookday2020

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Publishing opportunity! The 2024 Alpine Fellowship 2024 Writing Prize is now open to submissions on the theme of ‘language’. It is open to all nationalities and all genres. Winners receive a cash prize. 📆 Deadline is 1 March 2024. Learn more:

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🔔It’s official: we’ve renamed our community for creative practitioners. Introducing Commonwealth Foundation Creatives: our new home for storytellers and artists to connect, support each other, and develop their craft.

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The winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018 is Kevin Jared Hosein ( @kevinjosein ) - huge congratulations, Kevin ! #CWprize

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3 years

Entries for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize are OPEN! You have until 1 November to submit your 2,000–5,000 word piece, and potentially win £5,000. The prize is free to enter for all citizens in Commonwealth countries aged 18 and over. Good luck!

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We are excited to welcome @djmillerJA as our #CWPrize awards ceremony hostess! ✨ A week to go until we find out the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023! Register for the awards ceremony here:

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📣 Writers, we want you!📣 Submissions for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 open on 𝟏 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏. Could you write the best piece of unpublished short fiction? Read more:

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One month to go until submissions open for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 🕺 ✍️ Who's thinking of applying? Let us know! Do you know a writer who'd submit a great story? Tag them in the comments! And good luck to everyone entering the prize 💫

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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is chair of the 2024 #CWprize judging panel. Jennifer is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer. She won the #CWprize in 2014 and we are delighted to have her back as the chair of the judging panel this year. Learn more 👇

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THE COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY PRIZE 2018 SHORTLIST HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. Visit for information on the 24 shortlisted stories and writers. The stories comes from 14 countries including, for the first time, Ghana and Samoa. #CWwriters #CSSP2018

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Are you a short story writer? The 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. #CWprize The prize accepts entries in 11 languages, stories translated into English, and is open to all citizens of the Commonwealth. Deadline 1 November 2019:

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A huge congratulations to @KwameMcpherson , regional winner for the Caribbean, for winning the overall 2023 #CWprize ! 🎉 You can read Kwame's prize-winning story 'Ocoee' on Granta ✨

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Congratulations @KanyaDalmeida - 2021 #CWPrize winner!!

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7 years

The 2017 #CWPrize #shortlist has been announced Read a passage from each of the 21 stories: Congratulations to all!

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The 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist has just been announced! View the 2019 Shortlist now at #CWprize

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We are extremely excited to announce the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019 Regional Winners! #CWprize Read more about the writers and their stories here:

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. @cwwriters is proud to announce ‘Death Customs’ by Constantia Soteriou (left) as the overall winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Congratulations to Constantia, and translator @linaprotopapa – ‘Death Customs’ is the first translated entry to win the #CWprize

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We are delighted to announce that our latest #addastories call is open. adda is the online magazine of Commonwealth Writers, and we are looking for new writing on the theme of #ClimateChange . Seeking poetry, fiction and non-fiction, deadline 31 January:

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#Submit your #ShortStory now. 2018 @BristolPrize is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished. 1st prize £1,000, 2nd prize £700, 3rd prize £400. 17 prizes of £100 also presented to shortlisted writers. Deadline - 1 May 2018.

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Calling all debut African novelists! The Island Prize welcomes unpublished writers from across Africa and the diaspora to enter this year’s call for a chance to have their story published.

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#Submit your #ShortStory now. 2018 @BristolPrize is open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished. 1st prize £1,000, 2nd prize £700, 3rd prize £400. 17 prizes of £100 also presented to shortlisted writers. Deadline - 1 May 2018.

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Poets! We'll be launching a call for poetry submissions soon on adda, our online literary magazine. Before submissions open, make sure to familiarise yourself with existing poetry on the site 👇 Illustration by Nur Khalisah Ahmad.

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Call for illustrators! 🎨 adda is currently seeking illustrators for its next collection on the theme of 'Healthy Communities.' Send us over an email with a little portfolio of your work to writers @commonwealth .int ! Illustration by Dipa Mahbuba Yasmin

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Thank you to the 7,359 writers who entered the 2024 #CWprize . We appreciate your dedication and creativity. Share your highlights from this year's prize and congratulate your fellow writers below using the hashtag #CWprize .

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The #CWprize shortlist announcement is two weeks away! Entrants: how are you feeling? Nervous? Excited? Somewhere in between? Reply with a gif that captures your mood 🙏🤞🏆✍️

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Meet our 2023 #cwprize regional winners! Congratulations to our successful writers 🎉 🇿🇦 Hana Gammon 🇸🇬 Agnes Chew 🇬🇧 Rue Baldry 🇯🇲 Kwame McPherson 🇳🇿 Himali McInnes Read more 👇

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The 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open. The prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction, and is open to all citizens of the Commonwealth. Deadline 1 November 2019, entry is free. Find out more:

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Share your writing tips ✍️ After #cwprize submissions closed with a HUGE 6,640 entries from writers in 54 countries, we're asking you to reply with your writing tips for our global community. We hope the tips help you to improve your writing in 2023 and beyond ✨

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The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. #Submit your story here: #CWPrize #Writing

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Commonwealth Short Story Prize is open until 1 Nov - two weeks to go! If you are contemplating entering, contemplate no more - dig out that story, finish & submit it! No prior publication necessary, #CWprize is open to published & unpublished writers.We can't wait to read yours.

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COMMONWEALTH WRITERS IS COMMISSIONING NEW NON-FICTION. We are commissioning new non-fiction for our digital publishing platform, adda. See the below call for submissions for more details.

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✍️ 💫 Writing Opportunity! Submit your work to the 2024 @BridportPrize in poetry, short story, flash fiction, and novel categories. Open to writers worldwide, with bursary applications open until 31 March. Submit by 31 May. Learn more:

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Here is the moment @KanyaDalmeida won the 2021 #CWPrize . Congratulations!

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We are delighted to say that the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize received a record number of submissions! Thank you so much to all of the wonderful writers across the #Commonwealth who took the time to write and submit their #shortstories .

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We are pleased to let you know that we'll be sharing new writing from Mia Couto and Ben Okri this week as part of a forthcoming series on #addastories . Don't miss them.

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The wonderful Kevin Jared Hosein, winner of the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize (left) with this year's Chair of judges Sarah Hall #Cyprus #CWprize

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Publishing opportunity! The fifth @afritondo Short Story Prize welcomes submissions from Black writers reflecting on the theme of 'fate'. The overall winner will receive a cash prize of $1000. The deadline is 15 December 2023. Learn more:

Afritondo Short Story Prize 2024 - Commonwealth Foundation

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The 2021 #CWprize has now closed for entries. We would like to thank the many writers across the #Commonwealth who have taken the time to write and submit their #shortstories . We look forward to reading them!

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2017 #CWPrize Regional Winners Announced 1 story will be published on @GrantaMag every Tuesday from 30 May - 27 June

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Calling African writers! @CainePrize is now accepting submissions between 3,000-10,000 words from publishers. Send to submissions @caineprize .com as PDF or link if published online. Deadline: 31 March Learn more: #TheCainePrize #AfricanWriters

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We're delighted to announce our brilliant panel of judges for the tenth year of the #CWprize : Zoe Wicomb (Chair), @_igoni , Khademul Islam, Keith Jarrett, @dmccaulay and @TinaMakereti . Open for entries until 1 November and FREE to enter - submit here:

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You can read the #CWprize regional winning story for Africa, 'When a Woman Renounces Motherhood' by @Ethereal_ilo , now on @GrantaMag

When A Woman Renounces Motherhood | Innocent Chizaram Ilo | Granta

Innocent Chizaram Ilo’s ‘When a Woman Renounces Motherhood’ is the 2020 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize regional winner from Africa.

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Exciting news! The @RSLiterature is launching its flagship International Writers Programme. The new programme welcomes recommendations for non-UK writers working in a range of genres. 📆 Deadline is 3 May 2024. Read more:

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🎉📚 Congrats to @Remy_Ngamije & @Mubanga_Kali for the 2023 Morland Writing Scholarships shortlist! Their perspectives enrich African literature, echoing Miles Morland's sentiments.✨ Discover more at: 🌍✍️

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Calling emerging poets! Guernica Magazine will be leading a virtual poetry fellowship from February to June 2024. Four emerging poets will be selected and supported with one-on-one mentorship to help revise and reimagine their work. Learn more:

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'True Happiness', Efua Traoré's (Nigeria) story that wins the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Africa Region, has been published on @GrantaMag .

True Happiness | Efua Traoré | Granta

One of the regional winners of the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Efua Traoré’s short story is the winning entry from Africa.

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We would like to say a big thank you to all the writers who submitted entries, congratulate our 2019 shortlist, and say special thanks to our Chair Caryl Phillips and Panel of Judges, Mohammed Hanif, Karen Lord, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Courtney Sina Meredith and Chris Power

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Just one week after the announcement of the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, we are one month away from submissions opening for the 2019 prize on September 1. Look out for more information on our website, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated. #CWprize

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Publishing opportunity! @doeklitmag is seeking nonfiction and visual art submissions from African creatives and those of African descent. Submit by 29 February. Learn more about entering and eligibility👇

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Entries have now closed! Thank you to the 7,359 writers who entered the #CWprize . This is a new record! The judging process is now underway to decide the Commonwealth's best unpublished short story. Learn more about the judges and the next steps 👇

Commonwealth Short Story Prize - Commonwealth Foundation

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words). The competition is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country...

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Congratulations to @mafiasafia & @NickMakoha - joint winners of the 2015 African Poetry Prize http://t.co/epDxIAD752 http://t.co/FCqaVAvqBd

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Today the first of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize regional winning stories, 'Granddaughter of the Octopus' by Remy Ngamije is published on @GrantaMag . Read here:

Granddaughter of the Octopus | Rémy Ngamije | Granta

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the region of Africa.

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📣Meet the prize judges 👋 Chairing the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize panel is Ugandan-British novelist Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, the 2014 prize winner. Joining her are judges from across the Commonwealth: 🌍 @KeletsoMopai 🌏 O Thiam Chin (Photo Credit Chien…

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Are you entering this year's Commonwealth Short Story Prize? 2020 #CWprize winner Kritika Pandey shares some writing tips for those submitting their short stories 📚 Thanks Kritika!

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Akwaeke Emezi is the #CWPrize regional winner for Africa. Read her winning story 'Who Is Like God' now on @GrantaMag

Who Is Like God | Akwaeke Emezi | Granta Magazine

I grew up thinking He was folded into her body, like when she folded icing sugar into egg white. The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner from Africa.

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Calling emerging #AfricanWriters ! Applications are now open for the @Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop 2024. For further information, please visit the link below 👇

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After announcing the #cwprize regional winners last week, we must commiserate the shortlist—and congratulate them on this achievement. The 2023 shortlist is a supremely talented collection of writers, shown by their selection from over 6,000 submissions to the prize. We…

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Read @oluafolabi 's poem '25 Notes on Becoming' on #addastories 'I write to tell you that the walls of my bones are made of contention and I am always situated between desires that threaten to break or mould me'. . . Illustration by Alexis Baydoun

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I write to tell you that the walls of my bones are made of contention and I am always situated between desires that threaten to break or mould me.

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Every year the #CWPrize is judged by a panel of literary experts. When a story makes the shortlist, it is a truly excellent piece of work. Read previously shortlisted stories in this adda collection 👇

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We are seeking an Intern to work with our dynamic cultural programme team in @cwwriters . The position is paid, London-based, and the deadline is: 16 June 2020 1pm GMT. Please share if you can.

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Do you want your writing published on adda? Later this month we're announcing a call for poetry to feature in our online literary magazine. Look out for more updates on our page - or hear first by signing up to our adda mailing list.

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Meet the 2024 prize judges: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Chair) Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan novelist and short story writer. She won the #CWprize in 2014 and we are delighted to have her back as the chair of the judging panel this year.

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What's ahead for entrants to the world's most global literary prize? 🌍✍️ 17 April: 2024 #CWprize shortlist announced 29 May: regional winners announced 26 June: overall winner announced Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to ensure you don't miss a thing: @cwfcreatives

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2017 #CWprize winner @IngridPersaud has won the 2018 @BBC National Short Story Award for 'Sweet Sop'! Congratulations Ingrid #bbcnssa

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The 2020 Bristol Short Story Prize is now open for entries! It is open to all writers around the world, published or unpublished, UK and non-UK based. Deadline: midnight (BST) 30 April 2020 Intrigued, writer? Find out more: #BSSP2019

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🚨 Writers! 🚨 What does health mean to you? What is the relationship between health access and justice We’re delighted to launch the 2022-2023 adda call for submissions. Follow this link: for more information & to submit your piece.🌱

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Writers! The 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to both published and unpublished writers around the world until 26 April 2023. Follow the link for full details:

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📣 Calling all poets! The #MontrealPoetryPrize is open worldwide, awarding $20,000 for a single poem up to 40 lines. The shortlist will be published in the @montrealprize anthology. Deadlines: Early entry by 1 May. Final entry by 15 May. Learn more:

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We’re pleased to announce the judging panel for the 2020 #CWprize Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Chair), Mohale Mashigo (Africa), William Phuan (Asia), Heather O’Neill (Canada and Europe), Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (Caribbean), and Nic Low (Pacific) @BlckPorcelain

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All five regional winning stories for the 2020 #CWprize are now available to read on @GrantaMag here ! Why not read them this weekend, before tuning in on Tuesday via to be among the first to hear who the overall winner is!

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WRITERS OF #FICTION & #NONFICTION adda is now open for #submissions (complete & proposals)

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Read some of the best short fiction from across the Commonwealth via #addastories .

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We'll announce the five regional winners of this year's #CWPrize at midnight tonight! ✨🕛🌠✒️🍾 We'll announce the 2020 overall winner on 30 June. You can join us for the ceremony broadcast, which will feature the writers & some very special guests.

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