Overall winner announced
Congratulations to Kanya D'Almeida, the overall winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize!
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Ten exceptional stories
From the previous winners of the prizeRead all the winning stories from the last ten years of the prize, brought together in a special collection in our online magazine adda.
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Translations South and Southeast Asia: Issue 2Please find here the latest additions to a special collection focussed on translations from the languages of the Commonwealth countries in South and Southeast Asia.
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Join us in celebrating 10 years of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.Here 2019 Prize winner Kritika Pandey talks with novelist and judge Nii Ayikwei about her winning story, the impact of the pandemic on women, and more.
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Read compelling new fiction, non-fiction and poetry from across the globe on adda, our online magazine that crosses literary borders.
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