Elsewhere by UEA alumna Yan Ge has been longlisted for the Jhalak Prize, an award that seeks to celebrate books by British/British resident BAME writers. Yan was born in Sichuan, China, in 1984, and is a fiction writer in both Chinese and English. She graduated from UEA with an MFA in Creative Writing in 2020. […]
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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo shortlisted for Jhalak Prize
When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has been shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize, which celebrates books by British/British resident BAME writers. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from the University of the West Indies before gaining an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2018. She is currently completing […]
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo longlisted for Jhalak Prize
When We Were Birds by UEA writer Ayanna Lloyd Banwo has been longlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize, which celebrates books by British/British resident BAME writers. Ayanna (pictured) is from Trinidad and graduated from the University of the West Indies before gaining an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2018. She is currently completing […]
Mona Arshi shortlisted for Jhalak Prize
Somebody Loves You by UEA alumna Mona Arshi has been shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize, which celebrates books by British and British resident BAME writers. Mona (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2012. Her debut collection Small Hands won the Forward Prize for best first collection in 2015. Dear Big Gods was published in […]
Mona Arshi longlisted for Jhalak Prize
Somebody Loves You by UEA alumna Mona Arshi has been longlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize, which celebrates books by British and British resident BAME writers. Mona (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2012. Her debut collection Small Hands won the Forward Prize for best first collection in 2015. Dear Big Gods was published […]