Wasafiri welcomes submissions in one of three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing (the competition is open to anyone who has not published a complete book in the category entered).
Simply fill in the entry form and send it to them with your entry and fee of UK Sterling £6.00 if entering one category, £10.00 for two and £15.00 for three categories.
The closing date is 5pm GMT on 14 July 2017.
To obtain an entry form, please email wasafiriprize@open.ac.uk. Only entries with an accompanying entry form will be accepted.
£300 will be awarded to the winner of each category and the work will be published in Wasafiri.
This year’s judges are:
Susheila Nasta MBE (Chair) Founding Editor of Wasafiri and Emeritus Professor of Modern Literature at the Open University.
Sabrina Mahfouz Award-winning poet, playwright and screenwriter and former Sky Arts Scholar for Poetry, Mahfouz’s work has been performed in the UK and the US
Andrea Stuart Writer and historian, author of Showgirls which was adapted for stage and screen, and the award-winning The Rose of Martinique: A Biography of Napoleon’s Josephine
Boyd Tonkin World renowned writer and journalist, currently Writer and Art Critic at The Independent and Chair of the Man Booker Prize
Background to the prize:
In 2009, the Wasafiri New Writing Prize was launched to support new writers, with no limits on age, gender, nationality or background. With a list of high profile judges over the years including Brian Chikwava, Colin Grant, Maya Jaggi, Jackie Kay, Tabish Khair, Toby Litt and Blake Morrison, the NWP has boosted the confidence of writers in competitive times.
