2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize: Award Ceremony
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- The Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction from the Commonwealth. Regional winners each receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Find out more: commonwealthfoundation.com/sh...
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All the best for all participants and this year winners
Congratulations to all the winners
Hello, I am Rebecca from New Zealand. Thank you for the invitation to your award ceremony.
Congratulations to all the participants this season.
Hi I am Kavita Kanan Chandra a freelance journalist from India. I follow the stories from this competition every year and watching this prize ceremony to appreciate the writers hard work and talent.
I am Saeed from Pakistan, CEO AGP tours Pakistan. Watching this session to see the hard work of the participants of young people about story telling and to support them
I am Walter Marcus from Guyana. Thanks for the invitation.
I congratulate and salute Sanjana Thakur whose work has peaked to the overall winner alongside all regional winners. From Tanzania, I’ve myself entered the contest two times so far, and I view it as an ample opportunity to learn from great minds of writers from around the globe.
Writing is one of the talent areas that has and will continue to cherish many readers’ brains through creative rendering of words, and I’m grateful for the Commonwealth Foundation to bring writers works to readers’ access.
Watching from the Commonwealth of Dominica. Small island in the Caribbean.
I love writing. Congratulations to all the winners.
Congrats to our Regional winner Portia Subran from Trinidad and Tobago !
Kalungi Kabuye, Kampala, Uganda. Cant wait for the winners to be announced
Congratulations to all the writers... inspiring...I hope soon I will fortunate enough to get a voice in this.☺️☺️
All the best to all on this literary journey. From Trinidad a & Tobago, I feel connected and pleased.
Fellow Trinbagonian here...hi 👋
Good day. I am Adebayo Victor, from Nigeria. I am joining this event to align my imaginations of a successful story to the reality of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
I am George from Nigeria... watching this session to appreciate literally this year's short stories and to support the writers of which I am one of them.
Congratulations to all regional winners.and hats off to Sanjana for her success.
I am Adeola Aregbesola, a writer from Nigeria. I've been reading the Commonwealth shortlisted stories for some years now. This is my first time watching the event. I'm here to support all the regional writers. I enjoyed reading Dite by the way
I am Jaline from Malaysia .Congratulations to all the winners and the judges for their tremendous effort to bring the 7000 odd stories to 5 winners. Listening to this video has surely motivated me to continue writing. Thank you for the invitation to the award Ceremony.
I am Florence Awuor Odundo from Nairobi Kenya.I am watching to learn lessons that will improve my story telling skills.
Am so excited for the show
I am a poet and how can I enhance my writing skills??
I am sande victor from Kampala Uganda. Thanks so much, I have enjoyed watching this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Congratulations Sanjana and all the regional winners 🎉
Congratulations to all winners and especially to Ms. Sanjana. 🙏🏻
KK joy
This is the hard work of the story teller and the Commonwealth team. Congrats to the winner and also to those who took part.
Really it’s a good initiative on story telling.
I am Jawad Shafi from Pakistan,Ist I congratulate prize 🏆 winners,it's a great opportunity for all creative writers ,I wll try my best to come on victory stand next year insha'Allah.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Will be joining you soon. Thanks!
Congratulations
I am Tresphory Mvulla from Tanzania, I have joined already!
I am Aston Mwila Kuseka watching from Lusaka, Zambia. I am literary artist going working under the pen-name 'The Artist-of-Words', under which "I Paint Reality With The Colour Of Words". Congrats to all the winners!
Happy to be with you all again this year and enjoying the stories
Congratulations Sanjana and all authors out there 🎉🎉🎉
Congrats to runners and winners! It is climbing success
Congratulations Sanjana wowza 😊 next time it will be me
Congratulations Sanjana Thakur
Congratulations to Sanjaana!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🤩
thank you so much!!!!!! ☺️💗
@@SanjanaPrakThakurCongratulations 👏🎉
@@SanjanaPrakThakurAppreciation from Swat, Pakistan
Really it was interesting to watch the ceremony
Good evening from India. I am Rumna and I have been following CW short stories over the years. The variety, the diversity of languages & cultures coming together to weave magic & extraordinary tales is not what I want to ever miss! Love to all.
It's very interesting to see the results based.on the level of efforts invested by the winners.
I am Osemeke David From Nigeria. I am a Humanitarian, a writer and a leader. Congratulations to the finalize and I hope to be among the winners next year. Thank you commonwealth Organization.
David
Congratulations, Sanjana!
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Inspiring stories and many helpful tips. I plan to submit to the 2025 submission
I am Noag Antonius Tjongarero from Namibia 🇳🇦, this is really a great moment for me to watch this I really enjoying it
I am Nadeera from Sri Lanka...I have unstoppable effection of short stories , and I love to create a one as well.Still I m a law student, and try to improve my journal skills.
love books, writing and reading....thank you for this colorful experience ! Love from Sri Lanka ...
Glad to be here 🙂
My name is Ejime victory from Nigeria. congratulations to Sanjaana Thakur, good story the idea of family, loneliness and bonding is quiet good. i had predicted portia subran from the caribean to win i loved the devils son, read it twice., my friend thought it would be reena Usha's Dite. i didn't see aishwarya rai coming. good story, i loved reading all of them and the diverse touch of life they presented. loneliness in aishwarya Rai and the river then a road, destruction in what burns, memory in both Dite and the devil's son, i loved them all. good job.
Congratulations 🎉 I am Kapila Palihawadana artistic Director and Founder choreographer of nATANDA Dance Theater of Sri Lanka.
Hello everyone, I'm from Indonesia. Congratulations for all the winners.
I'm from Bangladesh..... watching the Commonwealth Short Story Prize giving Ceremony.
Greetings from Stephen Adinoyi from Nigeria. This is interesting! I sent in my story, but didn't make a headway, but next year, I shall win the overall prize!
Am bwanaidi komora watching from Kenya
I am mfone nde Zama from Cameroon. I have been participating in this competition for seven years and have sworn to win before retiring from writing
Glad to be joining you all here
Good morning. I am Muhammed Obari, from Nigeria. Happy to be a part of this event. 🎉
Great to learn that you write, write and let if flow and editing happens later!!! So helpful
I am Bheeshma from Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India watching this. Congratulations to the winners 🎈🏆
Hello.
My name is Bennitah Owembabazi from Uganda.
Am joining this event to learn more from the great minds and take a leaf from it.
It's good to be part of this event.
Am glad 😊
Humayon Rauf 🇵🇰
From Pakistan..I will win inshallah..26th june
Good morning. Watching from Guyana.
Olaleke from Lagos, Nigeria
Angela here, watching from Botswana.
Congratulations to the winners!
Sep 1. Next opening, got it! Congrats to all the winners!!! 😄😄😄😄
Congratulations to all winners
I appriciate what ur doing
Good Evening from.Bangladesh 🌹🎉❤🙏🌹
It is great to see the next crop of writers. Best of luck to all of them.
I am Mian Michael Jahangir from Bangladesh, Director, ODF. Watching this session to see the hard work of the participants of young people's storytelling nicely.
Powerful Stories
Gull Bano CPFA Pakistan
I am pleased being myself as Novelist & Writer to watch you all here who have judged and the winners of the short story competition
Hi i am Zainab Shakiru watching from Tanzania
I am Mohi from Bangladesh. watching this prog.
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I am Mian Michael Jahangir, Director, Oikoumene Development Foundation (ODF) in Bangladesh. Watching this session and I'm encouraging to hearing young people's story.
I am Nosheen Irfan from Pakistan. I would love to take part in this competition next time.
I am happy to be here
I am eagerly waiting for the time.
Hi Aruna Gohil from India
How long have I been waiting for this prestigious event!
hope to join
Will be joining soon thanks 👍 GhulamNabi from Pakistan
I am Nilam from Fiji
Patrick, from Ghana
Philbert from uganda
Today inshallah I will win
From Pakistan
Humayon Rauf 🇵🇰
Mutaleb Hossain from Bangladesh
I am Gazi Shahiduzzaman from Bangladesh.
Younis Muhammad Ahmed Khan
UK
Lillian Mworeko from uganda
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Really hope you will give us opportunity for joining you
could I get such kind of stories for reading?
I m Humayon Rauf 🇵🇰
Congratulations to all the winners
Congratulations 🎊