Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Year Region Author Title Country
2012 Africa Jekwu Anyaegbuna Morrison Okoli ( 1955-2010 ) Nigeria
2012 Asia Anushka Jasraj Radio Story India
2012 Canada and Europe Andrea Mullaney The Ghost Marriage Scotland
2012 Caribbean Diana McCaulay The Dolphin Catcher Jamaica
2012 Pacific Emma Martin Two Girls in a Boat New Zealand
2013 ( joint winners ) Africa Julian Jackson The New Customers South Africa
2013 ( joint winners ) Asia Michael Mendis The Sarong-Man in the Old House , and an Incubus for a Rainy Night Sri Lanka
2013 ( joint winners ) Canada and Europe Eliza Robertson We Walked On Water Canada
2013 ( joint winners ) Caribbean Sharon Millar The Whale House Trinidad and Tobago
2013 ( joint winners ) Pacific Zoë Meager Things with Faces New Zealand
2014 Africa Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Let 's Tell This Story Properly Uganda
2014 Asia Sara Adam Ang A Day in the Death Singapore
2014 Canada and Europe Lucy Caldwell Killing Time United Kingdom
2014 Caribbean Maggie Harris Sending for Chantal Guyana
2014 Pacific Lucy Treloar The Dog and the Sea Australia
2015 Africa Lesley Nneka Arimah Light Nigeria
2015 Asia Siddhartha Gigoo The Umbrella Man India
2015 Canada and Europe Jonathan Tel The Human Phonograph United Kingdom
2015 Caribbean Kevin Jared Hosein The King of Settlement 4 Trinidad and Tobago
2015 Pacific Mary Rokonadravu Famished Eels Fiji
Winners
Regional winners and overall winners .
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is managed by Commonwealth Writers, the cultural initiative of the Commonwealth Foundation, which was set up in 2012 to inspire, develop and connect writers and storytellers across the Commonwealth. The Prize replaced the Commonwealth Short Story Competition, a roughly similar competition that existed from 1996 to 2011 and was discontinued by the Commonwealth Foundation, along with the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The Prize is open to writers who have had little or no work published and particularly aimed at those places with little or no publishing industry. The prize aims to bring writing from these countries to the attention of an international audience. The stories need to be in English, but can be translated from other languages. The overall winner receives £5,000 and the regional winner £2,500. During 2012-13, the regional received £1,000. Starting in 2014, the award for regional winners of the Short Story Prize was increased to £2,500. At the same time, Commonwealth Writers discontinued the Commonwealth Book Prize and focused solely on the Short Story Prize.