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Celebrate 10 years of the SI Leeds Literary Prize with the launch of our anthology The Unheard Voices, published by Peepal Tree Press and edited by Prize alumna Saima Mir.…
Read moreWe have created a short film exploring the partnership between SI Leeds Literary Prize and our longterm partner and sponsor, The Opportunity Centre, focusing on the creative…
Read moreOur mission is to create opportunities for Black and Asian female writers in the UK, and raise awareness of their work. Each prize sees six writers make the shortlist, and…
Read moreThe SI Leeds Literary Prize has been running since 2012, and in that time, we’ve seen entries from some incredibly talented writers. Some of those women, both our past winners…
Read moreSI Readers’ Choice readers, including members of SI Leeds, were invited to join an evening with our 2022 SI Readers’ Choice winner, Laura Fish, in conversation…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that The Opportunity Centre 1st Prize winner of the 2022 SI Leeds Literary Prize is Suad Kamardeen for Never Enough. Many congratulations…
Read moreThe SI Leeds Literary Prize is looking to appoint an experienced freelance evaluator to support the Prize in its 10th anniversary year. Commencing in November 2022,…
Read morePrize alumna and former Prize judge, Winnie M Li, is launching her second novel, Complicit. Please do join her in Leeds on Thursday 13 October from 6.30pm for this event…
Read moreWe have an online event hosted by The Asian Writer to meet the 2022 SI Leeds Literary Prize shortlist on Tuesday 11 October at 7.30pm. Please do join us for this free…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce the six shortlisted books for the 2022 SI Leeds Literary Prize as follows:
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We’re looking for enthusiastic readers to join us in judging the 2022 prize,…
Read moreWith the support of Arts Council England, we are delighted to be able to offer a new freelance role at the Prize for an Audience Development consultant, to help us spread …
Read moreWe are delighted that the 2022 Prize – our 10th anniversary edition – will be open for entries from 18 April to 2 May. Entrants can look forward to an expanded…
Read moreAnowa – A review
“A wayfarer is a traveler. Therefore to call someone a wayfarer is a painless way of saying he does not belong. That he has no home, no family, no village,…
Read moreMy writing process
I do most of my writing late at night. I usually start around 9pm or a little later and stop in the early hours. I begin with the outline of a particular scene…
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I’m in awe of those who write memoirs – it takes such generosity and courage to write about…
Read moreEmily Midorikawa, who won joint-third prize in the 2012 competition, and the author of A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Eliot and Woolf …
Read moreDo you remember Jan 2020? It was like fifty years ago. Back in that hoary past I had decided that 2020 was going to be my “stress-free” year. My doctoral viva would be done by…
Read moreI write novels. Occasionally I write short stories and poems when I have some ideas which aren’t big enough to base a novel on. They might grow over time, but I would see them…
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I write speculative fiction – literary fantasy, dystopian stories, science fiction and fables. Much of my work centres characters of colour and explores issues…
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that the Aspire-igen 1st Prize winner of the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize is Wenyan Lu for The Funeral Cryer. Congratulations!
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One of the few silver linings of this year’s pandemic is the fact that we are able to welcome a bigger audience to join us for the 2020 Prize award ceremony – we…
We are delighted to congratulate Lianne Dillsworth on the news that her debut novel, Age of Monsters, will be published by Windmill. The Bookseller said “Age…
Read moreWe are delighted that our 2018 shortlisted writer, Mona Dash, has secured publication of her shortlisted short story collection Let Us Look Elsewhere, with Dahlia Books…
Read moreDon’t miss the chance to hear our shortlisted writers in conversation with 2014 winner and author of How to Find Home, Mahsuda Snaith, as well as hearing our writers…
Read moreThe wonderful Stella Oni, shortlisted for the 2016 Prize, will be launching her excellent debut crime thriller, Deadly Sacrifice on the 17th September, 6.30pm –…
Read moreWe are delighted that the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize shortlisted writers will be featured at a number of events this autumn: the first is on Saturday 5 September, 7.30pm…
Read moreThe judges have agreed the shortlist for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize as follows:
We are delighted to announce the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize longlist as follows:
With the entry date for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize looming (30 April), we are delighted to say that the bursaries for low income writers to enter this year’s …
Read moreOur 2012 winner, Minoli Salgado, has recently been long listed for the Republic of Consciousness prize for her collection of short stories, Broken Jaw. Many congratulations!…
Read moreWe’re delighted to announce the judging panel for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize as follows:
Malika Booker is an international writer whose work is steeped in …
Read moreWe are delighted to welcome submissions for the 2020 SI Leeds Literary Prize from 1 January – 30 April 2020. The link to our submissions site will be live from the…
Read moreThe audience for the 2020 Prize launch were treated to a wonderful interview between Yvonne Battle-Felton, whose Remembered was long listed for the 2019 Women’s…
Read moreBuoyed by the wonderful news of long-time Prize supporter and Patron Bernardine Evaristo‘s Booker Prize win, we are delighted to be launching the 2020 SI Leeds …
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2012 winner Minoli Salgado this week launches her new collection of short stories, Broken Jaw. Its eighteen stories are set mainly in Sri Lanka from a writer who has …
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2014 shortlisted writer Reshma Ruia has won the 2019 First Collection Masala Award for poetry, and her collection will be published by Skylark publications in…
Read more2018 shortlisted writer and 2nd Prize winner, Yvonne Singh, has published a moving and fascinating piece on the Commonwealth Writers site about Scotland’s …
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