International Contemporary Writing
Meet this year’s winners – Kate Carne (Fiction), Anne O’Brien (Life Writing), and Dipanjali Roy (Poetry) – who will receive £1,000, publication in Wasafiri 109, and mentoring from Nikesh Shukla of The Good Literary Agency.
Fifteen writers across three genres have been shortlisted for the prestigious and uniquely international Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, this year judged by Hirsh Sawhney (Fiction), Christie Watson (Life Writing), and Tishani Doshi (Poetry), and chaired by Andrew Cowan. Shortlistees for the…
‘Slow Motion’ by Ellie Slee, shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Life Writing.
‘There is a blue in America I haven’t seen anywhere else, though I sometimes look for it.’ Shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Life Writing, ‘American Blue’ by Michael Malay.
‘The Benevolence of a Raincoat’ by Canadian author Veronqiue Bequin, shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Fiction.
‘revolution is not a one-time event, it is always already happening; the question is – are you ready for it?’ Shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Fiction, a new short story by Lola Olufemi.
‘Dear Sabrina –’ by Rebecca Baird, shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary New Writing Prize for Poetry.
‘Friends from Home’ by Aparna Surendra, shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Fiction.
“blacksays” by Joshua Idehen, shortlisted for the 2020 Queen Mary New Writing Prize for Poetry.
