The 2012 Wasafiri New Writing Prize shortlist revealed
After hours of deliberation, our judges for this year's New Writing Prize - Colin Grant, John Haynes and Maya Jaggi with Susheila Nasta - have finalised the shortlist:
Life Writing
Wish You Were Here by David Houston
Fairytales For Everyday by Jennifer Watson
Tante Djellah by Fiona O'Brien
Formidable Women by Pamela Brown-Peterside
A Tropical Breakdown by NSR Khan
Fiction
Three Stories About Drowning by Krishnan Coupland
The Walk by Catherine Mee
The Jakey by Pat Black
Martyr's Square by Christian Van Nieuwerburgh
The Six O'Clock Train by Caroline Kinya Mabaya
Poetry
In a factory by Antoinette Fawcett
The Desperate Experiments of a Farmer in Debt by Nazneen Zafar
Pastoral (Moondragon) by Stephen Logan
Glosa by Amali Rodrigo
The Beginning and the End by Sally St Clair
Our congratulations go to the shortlisted writers and thanks to all those who entered. The winners will be announced at a special event at Asia House on 3 October, which will also see the launch of Wasafiri Issue 70: 'Britain and India: Cross Cultural Encounters'.
