We are delighted to announce the 2022 SI Leeds Literary Prize longlist, as follows:
Lying Perfectly Still by Laura Fish
Night School by Divya Ghelani
The Taste of a Planet by Arianne Maki
Kala Polari by Clare Ramsaran
Sometimes the Sky is Blue by Latoyah Innerarity
Scattering stars like dust by Mona Dash
To Have Not, To Hold by Monica Clarke
Aralola Will Be Absolutely Fine by Oluwaseun Oluwatosin Akinsiku
All the Truths Between Us by Liz Amos
Never Enough by Suad Kamardeen
Invincible Jacarandas by Zahirra Dayal
When You’re Smiling by Nazira Vania
Congratulations to all our longlisted writers! We will be announcing the shortlist of 6 entries for the 2022 award at the end of August – please watch this space.
