Name	Commonwealth Writers’Prize
Description	The outstanding literary talent which exists in many parts of the Commonwealth is making a significant contribution to contemporary writing in English. To encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin, the Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1987. Awarded annually, this major prize for Commonwealth fiction is fully international in its character and administration. Entries are first assessed by four regional panels of judges and the selection of the overall winner is made by a distinguished pan-Commonwealth panel which meets in a different Commonwealth country each year. The twentieth Commonwealth Writers’Prize will be celebrated in 2006. There will be one award of ￡10,000 for the overall best book submitted and an award of ￡3,000 for the overall best first published book. In each of the four regions of the Commonwealth two prizes of ￡1,000 will be awarded: one for the best book and one for the best first published book.
Deadline	15 November 2006
URL	http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/2006/index.html
Prize	￡10,000