The winners and shortlisted entries
There are four winners this year, two of the poems being too close to call. Our congratulations go to:
Fiction: The Bearer by Simon van der Velde (UK)
Life Writing: Seeing Double by Aurvi Sharma (USA)
Poetry: Dot by dot of hurt by Pnina Shinebourne (UK) and First Generation Immigrant Child by Aria Aber (UK)
All four winning entries were published in the Spring 2015 issue of Wasafiri.
The Shortlist
Throughout 2015-2016 we will be publishing the shortlisted entries from the 2014 prize. A new entry will be added each month starting in May 2015 in the following order:
Greek Lessons by Jill Germanacos (Greece) Fiction
The Kitchen Duppy by Beth Thompson and Ovarn Brown (Jamaica) Fiction
Ellery Creek by Anne Vines (Australia) Fiction
How to make Pan Catalan by Mark Fiddes (UK) Poetry
Supply and Demand by Glen Wilson (UK) Poetry
At the speed of light, squared by Ann Kaiser (USA) Poetry
Walking in Lapeyrouse by Ayanna Gillian Lloyd (Trinidad and Tobago) Life Writing
Dreamsplitter by Robin James Ganderton Life Writing
My Father’s War by Paola Trimarco (UK) Life Writing
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Our judges this year were:
Susheila Nasta MBE (Chair) Editor of Wasafiri and Professor of Modern Literature at the Open University
Bidisha Writer and broadcaster who has published with many leading newspapers and presented on the BBC
Inua Ellams Award-winning poet, playwright and performer who has appeared both nationally and internationally
Monique Roffey Award-winning writer and memoirist, author of White Woman on the Green Bicycleand Archipelago