Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2023

fri30junAll DayQueen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2023InternationalCategoryMultiple categoriesEntry Fee£10 Max word count3000 Top Prize£1000 and publication in Wasafiri magazine.

Event Details

The competition is organized by Wasafiri, a quarterly British literary magazine.

The competition is open to anyone who has not published a book-length work of fiction, life writing, or poetry, except for self-published works or poetry chapbooks.

The prize is judged in three categories: FictionPoetry and Life Writing.

The word limit is 3000 words.

Entries must not have been previously published in any form (excluding live performances or shares on personal blogs or social media channels).

The 2023 prize is judged by Leila Aboulela (Fiction), Caleb Femi (Poetry), and Aanchal Malhotra (Life Writing), and chaired by Diana Evans.

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