About The Jhalak Prize
First awarded in March 2017, the Jhalak Prize and its new sister award Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize founded in 2020, seek to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers. The prizes are unique in that they accept entries published in the UK by writers of colour. These include (and not limited to) fiction, non-fiction, short stories, graphic novels, poetry and all other genres. The Jhalak Children’s and YA Prize accepts books for children and teens and young adults including picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, poetry, non-fiction, and all other genres by writers of colour and aimed at young readers. The prizes are also open to self-published writers.
Long List for the adults selection
Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)
Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)
Afshan D’Souza-Lodhi - [re: desire] (Burning Eye Books)
Caleb Femi - Poor (Penguin)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies (Picador)
Tammye Huf - A More Perfect Union (Myriad Editions)
Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador)
Deirdre Mask - The Address Book (Profile Books)
Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)
Stephanie Scott - What’s Left of Me Is Yours (W&N)
Long List for Children's and YA
Atinuke & Onyinye Iwu - Too Small Tola (Walker Books)
Nii Ayikwei Parkes & Avril Filomeno - The GA Picture Alphabet (Kane Series)
Nizrana Farook - The Girl Who Stole an Elephant (Nosy Crow Ltd)
Kereen Getten - When Life Gives You Mangoes (Pushkin Children's Books)
Emma Hill - Baby Girl (self-published)
Danielle Jawondo - And the Stars Were Burning Brightly (Simon & Schuster)
Catherine Johnson - Queen of Freedom (Pushkin Children's Books)
Hiba Noor Khan & Laura Chamberlain - The Little War Cat (Macmillan Children's Books)
Patrice Lawrence - Eight Pieces of Silva (Hodder Children's Books)
Bali Rai - Mohinder’s War (Bloomsbury Education)
Margaret Sturton - A Fox Called Herbert (Andersen Press)
Alex Wheatle - Cane Warriors (Andersen Press)
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