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We are delighted that the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize shortlisted writers will be featured at a number of events this autumn: the first is on Saturday 5 September, 7.30pm…
Read moreThe judges have agreed the shortlist for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize as follows:
We are delighted to announce the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize longlist as follows:
With the entry date for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize looming (30 April), we are delighted to say that the bursaries for low income writers to enter this year’s …
Read moreOur 2012 winner, Minoli Salgado, has recently been long listed for the Republic of Consciousness prize for her collection of short stories, Broken Jaw. Many congratulations!…
Read moreWe’re delighted to announce the judging panel for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize as follows:
Malika Booker is an international writer whose work is steeped in …
Read moreWe are delighted to welcome submissions for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize from 1 January – 30 April 2020. The link to our submissions site will be live from the…
Read moreThe audience for the 2020 Prize launch were treated to a wonderful interview between Yvonne Battle-Felton, whose Remembered was long listed for the 2019 Women’s…
Read moreBuoyed by the wonderful news of long-time Prize supporter and Patron Bernardine Evaristo‘s Booker Prize win, we are delighted to be launching the 2020 SI Leeds …
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2012 winner Minoli Salgado this week launches her new collection of short stories, Broken Jaw. Its eighteen stories are set mainly in Sri Lanka from a writer who has …
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2014 shortlisted writer Reshma Ruia has won the 2019 First Collection Masala Award for poetry, and her collection will be published by Skylark publications in…
Read more2018 shortlisted writer and 2nd Prize winner, Yvonne Singh, has published a moving and fascinating piece on the Commonwealth Writers site about Scotland’s …
Read moreWe’re delighted that 2018 shortlisted writer, Mona Dash, has her book A Roll of the Dice on pre-order now. The memoir, published by Linen Press, tells the story…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Stella Ahmadou has signed a publishing contract with Jacaranda Books for her 2016 Prize shortlisted entry, Deadly Sacrifice. Her…
Read more2018 shortlisted writer and 2nd Prize winner, Yvonne Singh, reflects on the experience of the Rich Mix event for SI Leeds Literary Prize shortlisted writers, hosted by…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that the winner of the Aspire-igen 1st Prize at the 2018 SI Leeds Literary Prize is Shereen Tadros for Say Goodbye To Her. The judging panel…
Read moreCome and meet our shortlisted writers, in conversation with a range of brilliant writers, broadcasters and speakers:
Rich Mix – Friday 14 September, 7pm –…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce the six shortlisted manuscripts for the 2018 SI Leeds Literary Prize are as follows:
Baba ji on Boulton Road by Kavita Bhanot Let Us Look Elsewhere… Read moreAfter much deliberation, the judges are proud to announce the SI Leeds Literary Prize Longlist for 2018.
The longlisted manuscripts are:
BABA JI ON BOULTON ROAD –…
Read moreDon’t miss the deadline for the Wasafiri New Writing Prize – the deadline is 5pm on Friday 13 July 2018, and the judging panel is lead by Susheila Nasta, together…
Read moreOur 2016 short-listed writers write about what entering the prize meant to them:
Amita Murray, Marmite and Mango Chutney
Winner SI Leeds Prize, 2016
For anything good …
Read moreHeather Marks is an online content coordinator for Words of Colour Productions, a creative communications agency which develops and platforms writers of colour in the…
Read moreThe one thing I love about writing is you don’t have to pay lots of money to get better at it (although people try). Get a book from …
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We are delighted to launch the 2018 Prize, which has been given increased support for its fourth biennial edition from Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts…
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We are happy to announce that Winnie M Li’s shortlisted 2016 entry, Dark Chapter, is due to be published on 1st June 2017, by Legend Times.
As well as being shortlisted…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce the shortlist for the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2016 for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women:
We have three fantastic events featuring the 2016 Prize shortlisted writers – the first was at Rich Mix, London on Monday 19 September and was hosted by author …
Read moreWe are delighted to announce the long list for the SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women:
A renowned publishing house is putting on a series of workshops to encourage a more diverse workforce.The first of the workshops will take place in Birmingham on July…
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Read moreWe know that writing deadlines can whoosh by and so we’ve extended the deadline for entries in case any of you missed out. You now have until midnight, Monday, May …
Read moreCarolyn Choa is a Patron of the SI Leeds Literary Prize and has acted as a translator on several Chinese films. She was co-editor and translator of The Vintage Book of Contemporary…
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Sometimes, I feel like Spiderman. To anyone passing me in the street, I am an ordinary woman, living an ordinary life: dropping the children off at school, grabbing a coffee…
Read moreAurum Press is to publish A Secret Sisterhood by Emily Midorikawa, 2012 SI Leeds Literary Prize runner-up, and Emma Claire Sweeney, authors…
Read moreWriter Kit de Waal has launched a fully funded scholarship for the Creative Writing MA at Birkbeck, University of London. Recipient of the 2014 SI Leeds Literary Prize…
Read moreThe SI Leeds Literary Prize is now accepting entries for the 2016 award: the winning entry will receive £2,000, a free place at an Arvon creative writing course, free manuscript…
Read moreMinoli Salgado’s 2012 Prize-winning novel A Little Dust on the Eyes has been shortlisted for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian literature. Minoli’s …
Read moreThe 2014 SI Leeds Literary Prize was won by Mahsuda Snaith for The Constellation of Ravine Roy, with second prize going to Season Butler for Hanging from the Hammer …
Read moreThe judges of the 2014 SI Leeds Literary Prize have announced the long list of 12 entries for this year’s Prize, as follows:
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