2024

This collection contains 18 shortlisted stories from the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The shortlist was selected after 7,359 writers entered stories.

Mother May I
Mother May I
by Ajay Patri
A Song Sung in Secret
A Song Sung in Secret
by Jayne Bauling
Wrinkle Release
Wrinkle Release
by Stefan Bindley-Taylor
Sookie Woodrow Goes to Heaven
Sookie Woodrow Goes to Heaven
by Ceilidh Michelle
Terre Brulée
Terre Brulée
by Celeste Mohammed
Nobody Owns a Fire
Nobody Owns a Fire
by Jennifer Severn
The Marriage Proposal
The Marriage Proposal
by Heather Archibald
Milk
Milk
by Eaton Hamilton
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs
by Audrey Tan
House No. 49
House No. 49
by Olajide Omojarabi
Your Own Dear, Obedient Daughters
Your Own Dear, Obedient Daughters
by F.E. Choe
So Clean
So Clean
by Anna Woods
Thambi, Thambi
Thambi, Thambi
by Bharath Kumar
Fadi
Fadi
by Azags Agandaa
When Things End
When Things End
by Sarah Balakrishnan
You Had Me at Aloe 
You Had Me at Aloe 
by Ark Ramsay
Manananggal
Manananggal
by M Donato
The Goat
The Goat
by Jean Pierre Nikuze