2 Trinis shortlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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Former Newsday reporter Andre Bagoo’s Hunger has been shortlisted for The Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Bagoo was selected from some 6,423 entries. -
Two Trinidadians are on the shortlist of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Hunger by former Newsday reporter Andre Bagoo and Rashad Hosein’s English at the End of Time were selected from among the record-breaking list of 6,423 entries.
Twenty-five outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global literature prize.
The writers come from 14 countries across the Commonwealth including, for the first time, Lesotho and Namibia, said a media release.