(Also, listen to SAFM for readings of ome of the stories, or check out www.safm.co.za. I am sure there is some talent here that coud enter)


The Commonwealth Short Story Competition aims to reward excellent writing for radio, both amateur and professional, from throughout the Commonwealth. Since 1996, the competition has brought forward excellent writing for radio from thoughout the Commonwealth. The winning stories are recorded in the BBC World Overseas Studios and members of the organisers, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), receive recordings of the winning entries for radio broadcast in their countries. The 28 winners from around the Commonwealth therefore not only receive a cash prize, but have the satisfaction of knowing their stories are heard on the radio in the kitchens, bedrooms and fields of the Commonwealth from Solomon Islands to India, from Malawi to Canada.

All Commonwealth citizens - amateur and professional - are eligible to participate. Stories must be suitable for broadcast and may be on any theme. They should be of approximately 4.5 minutes' duration when read aloud, which is around 650 words in length. Entries must be in English, should be typed or word-processed on one side of paper and should not have been previously published anywhere.

The first prize is £2,000, and there are additional prizes for regional winners and runners up. All winners assign the Commonwealth broadcasting rights to the CBA to pass on to its members, but retain the copyright. They also assign publication rights for 10 years to the CBA and Commonwealth Foundation. Both these rights are non-exclusive.

The competition is sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation and administered by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.

Entries should be sent by 1 May each year to:

Commonwealth Short Story Competition
Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
17 Fleet Street
London
EC4Y 1AA
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 20 7583 5550
Fax: +44 20 7583 5549
E-mail cba( at )cba.org.uk
http://www.cba.org.uk

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Thanks for this Driver

I will send somethign through then, just in case some nutter wants to give me 2k quid, which I will donate to PM if I win

can we email them our entries?

this years one is closed, girl in my school won it ":/
not sure on the emailing though

Hmm... mayhaps I shall complete the shit that I have been working on and enter...

Mayhaps you could get your ass into gear and post some hsort stories in here!

Mayhaps I shall - once I stop working 12 hours a day.

I also work 12 hours you know :/ Sometimes more.

My job is more stressful.

lol. And my dad can beat your dad, so shaddup!