Nigerian writer, Temitope Owolabi, is on the 2019 Mo Siewcharran Prize shortlist, recently announced.
Launched by Hachette UK, in April, 2019, the Mo Siewcharran Prize for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) authors, seeks to help discover unpublished fiction writers from BAME backgrounds.
The inaugural prize named in memory of late Siewcharran, former director of marketing and communications at Nielsen Books, aims to nurture talent from under-represented backgrounds writing in English and give them the chance to be published by Little, Brown imprint Dialogue Books.
The winner will receive £2,500 prize money plus the chance of a publishing deal, subject to contract, while second placed writers will get £1,500 alongside a book hamper. Third place gets £750 plus a hamper of books.
UK-based Nigerian writer, Temitope Owolabi, is on the shortlist of eight, for her story, “Alien, Go Home.”
The shortlist as announced are;
- “Good Intentions” by Kasim Mohammed.
- “Suparna Mansions” by Vasundra Tailor.
- “NoBodies – Free Among the Dead” by Annalisa Kumi.
- “The Wanted Girl” by Rajasree Variyar.
- “Lightboys” by Sharanya Murali.
- “Alien, Go Home” by Temitope Owolabi
- “Watermelons and Broken Bottles” by Foday Mannah.
- “The Giant Dark” by Sarvat Hasin.
The winner will be announced on the 4th of November, 2019.