The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist

Previous shortlisted entries include:

• “Rites Evasion Maneuvers” by Caleb Ozovehe Ajinomoh (Nigeria).
• “The Dawn” by Aba Asibon (Ghana).
• “When A Woman Renounces Motherhood” by Innocent Chizaram Ilo (Nigeria).
• “Fatou vs. the Dictator” by ML Kejera (The Gambia).
• “The Faraway Things” by Alboricah Tokologo Rathupetsane (South Africa).

• “Ouroboros, Ouroboros” by Sharmini Aphrodite (Malaysia).

• “Attention” by Catherine Chidgey (New Zealand).
• “The Teeth on the Bus Go Round and Round” by Dinesh Devarajan (India).
• “Mafootoo” by Brian S. Heap (Jamaica).
• “The Shedding” by Nafisa A. Iqbal (Bangladesh).
• “An Instruction Manual: How to Find Your Vagina” by Maham Javaid (Pakistan).
• “Provenance” by Jason Jobin (Canada).
• “‘Το χρέος’ (‘The Debt’)” by Nikolas  Kyriacou (Cyprus), translated from Greek into English by Lina Protopapa (Cyprus).

• “The Art of Waving” by Andrea E. Macleod (Australia).

• “Wherever Mr. Jensen Went” by Reyah Martin (United Kingdom).
• “Finger, Spinster, Serial Killer” by Brandon Mc Ivor (Trinidad and Tobago).
• “The Great Indian Tee and Snakes” by Kritika Pandey (India).
• “A Breath, a Bunk, a Land, a Sky” by Fiona Sussman (New Zealand).
• “Cash and Carry” by Sharma Taylor (Jamaica).
• “The Eternally Obvious is Not Obvious to Me” by Marcia Walker (Canada).