PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS
The Polari Prize Podcast returns after a three-year hiatus, as part of a landmark new partnership with easyJet holidays announced…
Later this month, this year's Polari Prize winners will be announced at the British Library. (The shortlists can be found on the Polari…
The UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature has announced its 2024 longlists for the Polari Book Prize and Polari First…
THE POLARI PRIZES ANNOUNCE MAJOR THREE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS
The Polari Prizes, the UK’s only book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+…
This year's Polari Prize shortlists will be announced at the end of July.
Between now and then, Polari will be appearing in Bradford,…
The Polari Prize National Showcase continues, with events across the country featuring past prize winners and nominees. More dates will be added as…
NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Polari Book Prizes, the UK’s book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers, are now open for submissions.…
Tickets are now on sale for the next leg of the Polari Prize National Showcase, funded by Arts Council England. Between now and…
LGBT History Month is upon us, and I have a few author events lined up, including a pop up Polari at Flitwick Library.…
2023 has been a mixed bag, to say the least. But as the year draws to a close, I’d like to offer thanks.…
FICTION TRIUMPHS AS AUTHORS JON RANSOM AND JULIA ARMFIELD WIN 2023 POLARI PRIZES FOR BOOKS THAT “EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LGBTQ+ LITERATURE…
Paul Burston, Livia Alour, Jon Ransom and Julia Armfield
Word is out! We’re going on tour!
Well, it’s not really a tour –…
On Wednesday we announced this year’s Polari Prize shortlists at Polari on Sea in Hastings and on our social media accounts.
The response…
2023 POLARI PRIZE SHORTLISTS CELEBRATE QUEER STORIES THAT “ENTERTAIN, ENRICH AND INSPIRE”
Memoir, non-fiction, and critically acclaimed literary fiction from a mixture of…
POLARI PRIZE LONG LISTS 2023
TRAVIS ALABANZA, JULIA ARMFIELD, EDWARD ENNINFUL, JUNO ROCHE, DOUGLAS STUART, EMMA STYLES AND SOPHIE WARD MAKE THE 2023…
A statement from Jodie Lancet-Grant, founder and chair of the Polari Prize for Children's and YA Books -
"Everyone at the Polari Prize…
It wasn’t the best of years. It wasn’t the worst of years. Here are some of my highlights and lowlights of 2022 -…
Our founder and host Paul Burston is receiving some fantastic advance reviews for his forthcoming memoir We Can Be Heroes.
Polari is featured,…
Next month, Polari will be 15 years old! Yes, it'll be a whopping 15 years since we hosted our first ever event upstairs…