Later this month, this year's Polari Prize winners will be announced at the British Library. (The shortlists can be found on the Polari Prize page)
In the coming weeks, we'll be featuring shortlisted writers and past prize winners at the…
The UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature has announced its 2024 longlists for the Polari Book Prize and Polari First Book Prize, celebrating a wealth of genres and forms, including memoir, poetry, translated fiction and crime. The…
THE POLARI PRIZES ANNOUNCE MAJOR THREE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS
The Polari Prizes, the UK’s only book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers, announces a landmark partnership with easyJet holidays that aims to enhance their “shared commitment” to promoting…
This year's Polari Prize shortlists will be announced at the end of July.
Between now and then, Polari will be appearing in Bradford, Bridgend, Hull, Leeds, Thetford and Uxbridge. Details below.
JUNE
June 14 - Polari at Pyle Library, Bridgend…
NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Polari Book Prizes, the UK’s book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers, are now open for submissions.
The prizes are run by Polari literary salon, which is currently touring the UK, showcasing prize winners…
2023 has been a mixed bag, to say the least. But as the year draws to a close, I’d like to offer thanks.
Firstly, thanks to all the booksellers and journalists who supported We Can Be Heroes, the amazing publicity…
FICTION TRIUMPHS AS AUTHORS JON RANSOM AND JULIA ARMFIELD WIN 2023 POLARI PRIZES FOR BOOKS THAT “EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LGBTQ+ LITERATURE CAN BE”
Returning to the British Library for the winner’s ceremony, Jon Ransom and Julia Armfield were…
Paul Burston, Livia Alour, Jon Ransom and Julia Armfield
Word is out! We’re going on tour!
Well, it’s not really a tour – more a national showcase for the Polari Prize.
Funded by those nice people at Arts Council England,…
On Wednesday we announced this year’s Polari Prize shortlists at Polari on Sea in Hastings and on our social media accounts.
The response so far has been extraordinary. The Prize is now supported by retailers Amazon Waterstones and Bookshop.org –…
2023 POLARI PRIZE SHORTLISTS CELEBRATE QUEER STORIES THAT “ENTERTAIN, ENRICH AND INSPIRE”
Memoir, non-fiction, and critically acclaimed literary fiction from a mixture of independent presses and larger publishers dominate the dynamic shortlists for this year’s Polari Prize and Polari First…
POLARI PRIZE LONG LISTS 2023
TRAVIS ALABANZA, JULIA ARMFIELD, EDWARD ENNINFUL, JUNO ROCHE, DOUGLAS STUART, EMMA STYLES AND SOPHIE WARD MAKE THE 2023 POLARI PRIZE LONG LISTS
PRIZES ARE OPEN TO WRITERS BORN OR BASED IN THE UK AND IRELAND,…
It wasn’t the best of years. It wasn’t the worst of years. Here are some of my highlights and lowlights of 2022 -
Reconnected with old friends including Jonny Floyd, Tim Hailand, Jo Mackie and Matthew Westwood. Thank you, all.…
Next month, Polari will be 15 years old! Yes, it'll be a whopping 15 years since we hosted our first ever event upstairs at the Green Carnation bar in Soho.
A lot has happened since then. We've moved venues -…
On Saturday, we announced the shortlist for this year's inaugural Polari Prize for Children's and YA books. The list was revealed at a family-friendly event at The Book Nook in Hove by chair of the judges Jodie Lancet-Grant.
And here…
Polari announces new prize for children’s and YA books and new home at the British Library
The Polari literary salon – host to the UK’s only book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers – has opened its call to…
Submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards are flooding in.
Due to the problems posed by Covid19, we've extended the deadline to next Friday, May 8.
So now seemed like a good time to give a brief history of the…
These ten books are all past winners of the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing.
The Polari First Book Prize began in 2011 and was won by James Maker. Subsequent winners have included John McCullough, Mari Hannah, Diriye Osman, Kirsty Logan,…
Today Polari was booked to appear at Huddersfield Literature Festival. VG Lee and I were planning to run a creative writing workshop this afternoon. Tonight, we were due to be joined by author Louise Beech and 2019 Polari Prize winning…