{"id":82,"date":"2011-10-23T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T14:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leeds\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2020-08-02T22:47:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T21:47:37","slug":"si-leeds-literary-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leeds\/si-leeds-literary-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"SI Leeds Literary Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SI Leeds Literary Prize is an award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women resident in the UK aged 18 years and over. \u00a0The prize has been developed and managed by SI Leeds in partnership with <a title=\"Ilkley Literature\u00a0Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/sileedsliteraryprize.wordpress.com\/our-partners\/ilkley-literature-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilkley Literature Festival<\/a> and Leeds-based publishers <a title=\"Peepal Tree\u00a0Press\" href=\"http:\/\/sileedsliteraryprize.wordpress.com\/our-partners\/peepal-tree-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peepal Tree Press<\/a>. \u00a0The prize aims to act a platform for exciting new talent, from a group largely under-represented on our bookshelves.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural prize was awarded to <strong>Minoli Salgado<\/strong> for her novel, <em>A Little Dust On The Eyes <\/em>on 3 October 2012 as part of the Ilkley Literature Festival and was very well received. The novel has now been published by Peepal Tree Press.\u00a0 Other winners from that competition have been involved\u00a0in the 2013, 2014\u00a0and 2015 Festivals as well as other events linked to SI and Peepal Tree Press.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 award event\u00a0included Head Judge, Kerry Young, author of<em> Pau<\/em> and <em>Gloria\u00a0<\/em>and crime novelist Dreda Say Mitchell\u00a0being interviewed by Dawn Cameron of the Ilkley Literature Festival. The prizes were announced and presented by President Margaret Oldroyd of SIGBI &#8211; top prize\u00a0went to\u00a0<strong>Mahsuda Snaith<\/strong> for\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Constellation of Ravine Roy.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Prize was awarded to <strong>Amita Murray<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<em>Marmite and Mango Chutney<\/em>. Second prize went to\u00a0<strong>Winnie M Li\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0<em>Dark Chapter<\/em>\u00a0and third prize, and the SI Readers\u2019 Choice award, went to <strong>Jamilah Ahmed<\/strong> for\u00a0<em>Recognising Strangers<\/em>. This time Margaret Oldroyd was one of the judges, and the prizes were presented by (then) SIGBI President Margaret Emsley.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018\u00a0<strong>Shereen Tadros<\/strong> won 1st prize for <i>Say Goodbye to Her<\/i>; 2nd prize went to Yvonne Singh for\u00a0<em>One Man\u2019s Revolution <\/em>and 3rd to Kavita Bhanot, for\u00a0<i>Baba ji on Boulton Road &#8211;\u00a0<\/i>while the readers&#8217; choice was Omega Douglas for <em>Hibiscus, Rose, Jacaranda<\/em>.\u00a0 SIGBI President Sue Biggs presented this last prize.<\/p>\n<p>And now&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..we are looking forward to the 2020 competition!<\/p>\n<p>There is more information \u00a0on the prize website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sileedsliteraryprize.com\">https:\/\/www.sileedsliteraryprize.com<\/a>\/[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SI Leeds Literary Prize is an award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian 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