Deadline date - 30th June 2022
15th February 2022 12:00am to 30th June 2022 5:00pm, Wasafiri Magazine
Exceptionally international in scope, the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize supports writers who have not yet published a book-length work, with no limits on age, gender, nationality, or background.
The winners of each category will receive a £1,000 cash prize and publication, and will be published in Wasafiri’s print magazine. Shortlisted writers will have their work published on Wasafiri’s website.
All fifteen shortlistees and winners will also be offered the Chapter and Verse or Free Reads mentoring scheme in partnership with The Literary Consultancy (dependent on eligibility), and a conversation with Nikesh Shukla of The Good Literary Agency to discuss their career progression.
This year, the prize will be chaired by literary leading light Marina Salandy-Brown. Marina will be joined by a truly remarkable panel of multi-award-winning poets and authors:
Mary Jean Chan (judging Poetry)
Preti Taneja (judging Fiction)
Francesca Wade (judging Life Writing)
The 2022 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is open for submissions until 30 June 2022, closing at 5pm BST.
Past winners and shortlistees have gone on to score deals with major international publishing houses such as Verso, Peepal Tree Press, and HarperCollins India, and to be shortlisted for and win prizes including the T S Eliot, Ambit Short Fiction, and Bocas Poetry Prize.
No entry may exceed 3,000 words.
Before entering the prize, please read our Terms and Conditions carefully.
Booking & payment
You may enter two manuscripts to the prize (£10 for one entry, £16 for double entry), either in the same or different categories.
You may complete the form more than once if you wish to submit more than two entries. Subsidised entry is available for those who would otherwise be unable to enter the prize.
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