Chair of the judging panel, the award-winning author of Pao, Kerry Young.
The SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women has announced its 12 strong longlist from promising and accomplished writers, covering a wide range of genres and subjects.
They longlisted authors are:
• Red Is For Later and Other Stories – Farah Ahamed
• Bloody’s In The Bible – Muli Amaye
• Hanging From The Hammer Of The Bell – Season Butler
• Those Who Understand – Azma Dar
• Stories My Mother Told Me – Katy Massey
• The Khan – Saima Mir
• The Spaces Between Us – Emma Norry
• A Mouthful Of Silence – Reshma Ruia
• The Queen – Anita Sivakumaran
• The Constellation Of Us – Mahsuda Snaith
• Secrets Of The Land – Atuki Turner
• Blue In Green – Kit de Waal
The judges for the longlist were Elise Dillsworth of The Elise Dillsworth Agency, Gail Bolland for SI Leeds and Kadija George. The six shortlisted manuscripts will be selected from the longlist by the judging panel, chaired by head judge author Kerry Young. The shortlist will be announced in early September with the prize ceremony to take place on the 15 October 2014 as part of the Ilkley Literature Festival.
Website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com