Polari Prize
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The Polari Prize is an annual UK literary prize for LGBTQ literature. Established by Paul Burston and the Polari salon, the prize has been awarded annually since its launch in 2011.[1]
- The Polari First Book Prize is restricted to first books by writers who were born or work in the UK and Ireland.[2]
- In 2019 a further award was introduced, the Polari Prize for Book of the Year.[3]
Polari First Book Prize
[edit]Year | Author | TItle | Publisher | Notes |
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2011 | James Maker | AutoFellatio | Inkandescent | |
2012 | John McCullough | The Frost Fairs | Salt Publishing | |
2013 | Mari Hannah | The Murder Wall | Pan Macmillan | |
2014 | Diriye Osman | Fairytales for Lost Children | Angelica Entertainment | |
2015 | Kirsty Logan | The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales | Salt Publishing | |
2016 | Paul McVeigh | The Good Son | Salt Publishing | |
2017 | Saleem Haddad | Guapa | Europa Editions | |
2018 | Fiona Mozley | Elmet | John Murray | [4] |
2019 | Angela Chadwick | XX | Dialogue Books | [3] |
2020 | Amrou Al-Kadhi | Life as a Unicorn | Fourth Estate | [5] |
2021 | Mohsin Zaidi | A Dutiful Boy | Square Peg | [6] |
2022 | Adam Zmith | Deep Sniff | Watkins | [7] |
2023 | Jon Ransom | The Whale Tattoo | Muswell Press | [8] |
Polari Prize for Book of the Year
[edit]Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Andrew McMillan | playtime | Jonathan Cape | [3] |
2020 | Kate Davies | In the Deep End | HarperCollins | [5] |
2021 | Diana Souhami | No Modernism Without Lesbians | Head of Zeus | [6] |
2022 | Joelle Taylor | C nto & Othered Poems | The Westbourne Press | [7] |
2023 | Julia Armfield | Our Wives Under the Sea | Pan Macmillan | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Polari Prize". polarisalon. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Polaris Salon". Polarisalon. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b c "Chadwick, McMillan win 2019 Polari Prizes". Books Publishing. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "'Elmet' wins 2018 Polari First Book Prize". Books Publishing. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b "Davies, Al-Kadhi win 2020 Polari Prizes". Books Publishing. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b "Souhami, Zaidi win 2021 Polari Prizes". Books Publishing. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b "Taylor, Zmith win 2022 Polari Prizes". Books Publishing. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b Creamer, Ella (2023-11-24). "Julia Armfield and Jon Ransom win the Polari prizes for LGBTQ books". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-25.