Join the magazine of international contemporary writing since 1984, as they celebrate the 16th edition of the prestigious Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize.
This two-part event opens with a panel discussion on the translation industry – to mark the prize being open to entries in translation for the first time – featuring three translators of colour: Anita Barton-Williams, Sawad Hussain and Rahul Soni.
This discussion is followed by readings by writers from the Wasafiri community, including Dalia Al-Dujaili, Erica Hesketh and Monika Radojevic. The evening culminates with the 2025 winners announcement and prize-giving by the stellar judging panel, Chair Romesh Gunesekera, Anton Hur, Noreen Masud and Yasmine Seale.
Dalia Al-Dujaili is an Iraqi-British writer, editor and producer based in London. She is the online editor of The British Journal of Photography and the founder of The Road to Nowhere magazine. In 2023 she was the producer of Refugee Week.
Erica Hesketh is a poet and editor, originally from Japan and Denmark, now based in London. From 2016 to 2024 she was Director of the Poetry Translation Centre. Her debut collection, In the Lily Room explores early motherhood.
Monika Radojevic is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer and poet who was born and raised in London. Her writing is a continuous exploration of power dynamics, inequality and freedom and she is the inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers’ prize.
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