2012-2021

Please read the overall winning stories from 2012-2021 for the 10 year anniversary of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. You can find the winning stories from 2022, 2023 and 2024 on Granta.

I Cleaned the –
I Cleaned the –
by Kanya D’Almeida
The Great Indian Tee and Snakes
The Great Indian Tee and Snakes
by Kritika Pandey
Death Customs
Death Customs
1Q2ΈΘΙΜΑ ΘΑΝΆΤΟΥ
by Constantia Soteriou 
Passage
Passage
by Kevin Jared Hosein
The Sweet Sop
The Sweet Sop
by Ingrid Persaud
Cow and Company
Cow and Company
by Parashar Kulkarni
The Human Phonograph
The Human Phonograph
by Jonathan Tel
Let’s Tell This Story Properly
Let’s Tell This Story Properly
by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
We Walked on Water
We Walked on Water
by Eliza Robertson
The Whale House
The Whale House
by Sharon Millar
Two Girls in a Boat
Two Girls in a Boat
by Emma Martin