Kavya Prize New Writers Award Ceremony

Thursday 16 November, 2023 6.15 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.
Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN
Website: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/2/kavya-prize
Join some of Scotland’s best new writing talent: the shortlisted authors for the 2023 Kavya New Writers’ Award!
Hear readings from the authors, plus there will be a chance to network with the judges (including literary agents) and the winner of the inaugural prize for new writers will be announced.
The Kavya Prize for Scottish writers of colour was founded by Scottish-Indian author Leela Soma, in collaboration with Creative Writing at University of Glasgow. The inaugural prize for published writers was awarded to playwright Uma Nada-Rajah
Shortlist
- Amira Al Shanti – The Witch of Womanhood (Short Story)
- Samia Chandraker – Minerva Street (Short Story)
- Samina Chaudry – Belonging Neither to These nor Those (Novel Excerpt)
- Josephine Chun Rui Jay – Laowai (Novel Excerpt)
- Yasmin Hanif – The Bear with No Name (Children’s Story)
- Q Manivannan – The Physics of It (Non-Fiction Excerpt)
- Theresa Muñoz – Hummingbird (Non-Fiction Essay)
- Tae Song – 1986 (Novel Excerpt)
- Jinling Wu – Cocoon (Short Story Collection)
- Alexandra Ye – This Story (Short Story)
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