Wasafiri

The winners of each category will receive a £1,000 cash prize and publication in Wasafiri magazine. The categories are: poetry, fiction, and life writing.

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

Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

Please read contest details carefully before submitting.

has not opened for submissions in 2023 (past 2022 open date)

Entrants can submit an unpublished English translation of a published or unpublished work of up to 3,000 words from any written language.

Life Writing

 A single poetry entry can include up to three poems, which together total no more than 3,000 words.

Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

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