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The Polari Prize is an annual UK literary prize for LGBTQ+ literature. Established by Paul Burston and the Polari salon, the prize has been awarded annually since its launch in 2011. [1] The Polari First Book Prize is restricted to first books by writers who were born or work in the UK and Ireland. [2] In 2019 a further award was introduced, the Polari Prize for Book of the Year. [3]

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Polari First Book Prize

YearAuthorTItlePublisherNotes
2011James MakerAutoFellatioInkandescent
2012John McCulloughThe Frost FairsSalt Publishing
2013Mari HannahThe Murder WallPan Macmillan
2014 Diriye Osman Fairytales for Lost ChildrenAngelica Entertainment
2015 Kirsty Logan The Rental Heart and Other FairytalesSalt Publishing
2016Paul McVeighThe Good SonSalt Publishing
2017 Saleem Haddad GuapaEuropa Editions
2018 Fiona Mozley Elmet John Murray [4]
2019Angela ChadwickXXDialogue Books [3]
2020 Amrou Al-Kadhi Life as a UnicornFourth Estate [5]
2021 Mohsin Zaidi A Dutiful BoySquare Peg [6]
2022Adam ZmithDeep SniffWatkins [7]

Polari Prize for Book of the Year

YearAuthorTitlePublisherNotes
2019 Andrew McMillan playtimeJonathan Cape [3]
2020Kate DaviesIn the Deep EndHarperCollins [5]
2021 Diana Souhami No Modernism Without LesbiansHead of Zeus [6]
2022 Joelle Taylor C+nto & Othered PoemsThe Westbourne Press [7]

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