SI Leeds Literary Prize [SEP] inception
SI Leeds Literary Prize
The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial award founded in 2012 by Soroptimist International of Leeds (SI Leeds) – a branch of the worldwide women's organization Soroptimist International – for unpublished fiction written by Black and Asian women resident in the UK. Submissions must be of more than 30,000 words of fiction and entrants must be aged 18 years and over. The prize offers support for writers to develop their work and to help build new audiences.
Described as "groundbreaking", the prize has been
Warwick Prize for Writing, the "Wasafiri" New Writing Prize, the Man Asian Literary Prize, the Caine Prize for African Writing, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and others.
She participates regularly in literary festivals, presents seminars and live events, and is a board member of "Wasafiri" magazine and a patron of the SI Leeds Literary Prize. She is also a member of the Folio Prize Academy.
In April 2016 she was Artistic Director of the project "Where Europe Meets Asia: Georgia 25