id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8857 Commonwealth Foundation prizes - Wikipedia .html text/html 3770 619 80 The Short Story Prize remains the sole award from Commonwealth Writers. 4.2 Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (1989–2011) 4.2 Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (1989–2011) Commonwealth Short Story Prize[edit] Commonwealth Book Prize (2012–13)[edit] Awarded for best first book, the Commonwealth Book Prize was established in 2012 for writers who were Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over and who have had their first novel (full-length work of fiction) published in the year of entry. The Commonwealth Book Prize was part of an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation called Commonwealth Writers, which seeks to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. Each year, prizes for Best Book (1987–2011) and Best First Book (1989–2011) were awarded in four regions: Africa, Caribbean and Canada, South Asia and Europe and South East Asia and Pacific. Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (1989–2011)[edit] Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (1989–2011)[edit] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8857.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8857.txt