TRINIDADIAN author Jamir Nazir, who won the Caribbean Category of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize with his story 'The Serpent in the Grove,' has been announced as the overall winner of the literary competition.

The announcement was made yesterday during a film documenting the five regional winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

In a release from Commonwealth Foundation Creatives, the chair of the judging panel, Louise Doughty, together with the 2026 panel of judges, said: 'We are hugely proud of our shortlist, regional winners and our overall winner, 'The Serpent in the Grove' by Jamir Nazir, is an original, poetic and deeply moving story.'