Moving into our fourth year of the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize, we were thrilled to receive the highest number of entries since our inaugural year! This year, we celebrate a shortlist of stories, which include a daughter dealing with the aftermath of her mother's death, a young man grappling with his memories, a collection of stories linked by marked lives and marked flesh, the complexities of a graveyard security guard navigating power and privilege in a luxury mall, intergenerational friendships, a queer coming of old age story and a work of non-fiction entwining the timelines of one woman's life growing up in Poland and creating a family in Wales.
Congratulations to the following writers...
Shortlist
There She Goes My Beautiful World by Gosia Buzzanca
On The Shore by Figen N Gungor
Productive Insecurity by Monica Wang
Perseverance by Lauren C. Maltas
Valdemar by Natalie O'Keeffe
On The Bodies of Strangers by Hannah Stevens
Highly Commended
Brokedown Palace by Debra Waters
Octobaby by Sam Retallick
A huge congratulations to our shortlisted writers! We will be revealing the winner, as chosen by judge Jessica Andrews, this Friday.
With this prize, we're aiming to provide feedback on all entries by the end of November. We're hugely appreciative for your patience and hope that this is something we'll be able to provide moving forward with every prize and competition.
W&A Admin
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