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Longlists announced for the UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature

Graham Robson July 25, 2023

Celebrating a wealth of genres and forms, including memoir, poetry, historical fiction and gripping thrillers, the UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature has announced its 2023 longlists for the Polari Prize and Polari First Book Prize.

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Polari Literary Salon – host to the UK’s only book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers – opens its call to publishers for this year’s awards

Graham Robson March 10, 2023

This year there will be two awards: the Polari First Book Prize and the Polari Prize. The Polari Children’s and YA Prize will return in 2024, as a bi-annual award for books for children and young adults with LGBTQ+ themes or representation.

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