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# Longlists announced for the UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/longlists-announced-for-the-uk-and-irelands-only-dedicated-prize-for-lgbtq-literature/
- Published: 2023-07-25T11:54:03.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-25T11:54:03.000Z
- Description: Celebrating a wealth of genres and forms, including memoir, poetry, historical fiction and gripping thrillers, the UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature has announced its 2023 longlists for the Polari Prize and Polari First Book Prize.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Books, LGBT, LGBTQ, New Books, Paul Burston, queer, Travis Alabanza

Celebrating a wealth of genres and forms, including memoir, poetry, historical fiction and gripping thrillers, the UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature has announced its 2023 longlists for the **Polari Prize** and **Polari First Book Prize**.

This year’s longlists feature notable debuts and highly acclaimed titles including the *Sunday Times* bestselling memoir ***A Visible Man*** by **Edward Enninful** (Bloomsbury), the Orwell prize-winning ***The New Life*** by **Tom Crewe** (Chatto & Windus) and **Travis Alabanza**’s ***None of the Above*** (Canongate).

A dash of historical fiction appears across both longlists including the previously mentioned debut from Crewe as well as **Patrick Gale**’s ***Mother’s Boy*** (Tinder Press) as well as taut and gripping crime thrillers such as ***No Country for Girls*** by **Emma Style** (Sphere) and ***The Schoolhouse*** by **Sophie Ward** (Corsair). As for poetry, **Caroline Bird** presents work composed over two decades in ***Rookie*** (Carcanet Press) while poet **Seán Hewitt** turns his hand to memoir with ***All Down Darkness Wide*** (Jonathan Cape).

Paul Burston, Prize founder, said: “This year’s Polari Prize long lists demonstrate a diverse range of LGBTQ+ literary talent, writing across many different genres and from a wide variety of perspectives. The volume and quality of submissions was extremely high this year, and the judges really had their work cut out.

“But these are long lists we can all be proud of. At a time when LGBTQ+ people are under attack, our stories matter more than ever. These are our stories. Read them. Learn from them. Celebrate them.”

This year’s shortlists will be announced on **September 27**, 2023 at **Polari on Sea** in Hastings.

The winner’s Prize ceremony will once again return to the **British Library**, taking place on **November 24**, 2023.

**For more info, [CLICK HERE](https://www.polarisalon.com/post/polari-prize-2023-long-lists?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**