Brown background with white and orange text that reads: ‘What excites me about the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is the prospect of discovering new voices: new writers and their current concerns. Given the world we're living in, how are new writers responding? I can't tell you what would be outstanding — because that's what I want to learn from you. I want to discover the writing we need to read.’
Romesh Gunesekera
Chair
2025
Chair of the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Romesh Gunesekera, shares what he’s looking for in entries.
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