Read: "Three Indian writers make the Asian shortlist for the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize"

[Vivek Pinto]

By: Scroll Staff

Published  in: Scroll

Date: April 14, 2026

Source: https://scroll.in/article/1092074/three-indian-writers-make-the-asian-shortlist-for-the-2026-commonwealth-short-story-prize

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"The regional winners will be announced on May 13, and the overall winner, in late June.

The Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from any of the Commonwealth’s 56 member countries. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Short stories translated into English from other languages are also eligible and in addition to English, entries can be submitted in Bengali, Chinese, Creole, French, Greek, Malay, Maltese, Portuguese, Samoan, Swahili, Tamil, and Turkish. The winning stories are published online by Granta and in a special print collection by Paper + Ink."