Tickets are now on sale for the next leg of the Polari Prize National Showcase, funded by Arts Council England. Between now and the end of April, we'll be popping up in Bath, Bedford, Hastings, Huddersfield, Peckham and York. Featured…
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 –…
The Polari First Book Prize turns TEN this year. That’s a lot of submissions - and a fair number of Prize winners.
Last year we added a second prize for non debut books. The longlists for both prizes will be…
As the deadline for submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards approaches, here are a few words from our judges – including Cerys Evans, Chris Gribble, Keith Jarrett (pictured) and VG Lee.
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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,…
Yorkshire-based writer, Fiona Mozley, has been awarded the Polari First Book Prize 2018 for her Man Booker-shortlisted debut, Elmet (John Murray).
Announced at a ceremony at London’s Southbank Centre as part of the London Literature Festival, Mozley’s win comes during…
In 2007, when I created Polari literary salon, there wasn’t all this talk of diversity in publishing we hear today.
In 2011, when I founded The Polari First Book Prize to celebrate books which explore the lives and experiences of LGBTQ…