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Canadian wins 2006 Commonwealth Short Story Competition

Erin Soros from Canada is the winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Short Story Competition for her story "The Moon, the Cat and the Donkey".

Erin Soros is joined by twenty-three other writers from across the Commonwealth who have won prizes in the competition.

The winners are:

Image Erin Soros (Canada) Overall Winner and Regional Winner (Americas) for "The Moon, the Cat and the Donkey". Image Anupama Chandrasekhar (India) Regional Winner (Asia) for "Wings of Vedanthangal". Image Sue Perkins (New Zealand) Regional Winner (Australia and the Pacific) for "The List".
           
    Image Fran Hunnisett (UK)Regional Winner (Europe) for "Considering Cuckoo Clocks".    
           

The winners of Highly Commended stories are:

 

Image Peter James (Australia) for "Down South". * Image Lauri Kubuitsile (Botswana) for "The Test". *   Mark Kilfoyle (Canada) for "Out on the Rooftop".
 
Image Carin Makuz (Canada) for "You Got A Problem?". * Image Eleanor Verbicky-Todd (Canada) for "Recycling". * Image Shahana Chaudhury (India) for "The Evening Train".
 
Image Nirupama Subramanian (India) for "A Child is Born". * Image O'Neil St. Aubyn Simpson (Jamaica) for "Him...". * Image Nandita Ray (Malaysia) for "The Luck of Four".
 
Image Susan Costello (New Zealand) for "With Sincere Intent".   Image Peter Whittaker (New Zealand) for "Guaranteed!".   Image Folakemi Emem-Akpan (Nigeria) for "The Deceivers".
 
Image Uduak Isong (Nigeria) for "Dangling Modifier". * Image Uche Peter Umez (Nigeria) for "Smoldered". * Image

Sue Seah (Singapore) for "Clean Sheets".
 
Image R. L. Apteker (South Africa) for "Living By Bread, Alone". * Image Liesl Jobson (South Africa) for "Bassoon Lesson". *   C. J. Onyia (United Kingdom) for "Anywhere But Here".
 
Image David Cole-Powney (United Kingdom) for "The Last Word". * Image Jeremy Linares (Gibraltar) for "Fairwell". *    
 
 
 

The Commonwealth Short Story Competition is sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation and administered by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. The 26 winning stories have been recorded on CD and are available for sale.

Read more about the 2008-9 Short Story Competition

For more information on the Short Story Competition: email story@cba.org.uk

or fax +44 (0) 20 7583 5549.

The CD is available for sale in the CBA Shop.

Download audio recordings of a selection of Commonwealth Short Story winning entries