Weeks after publishing her debut novel, Hafsa Zayyan still considers her career as an author to be something “random and flukey”. A list of fundraisers you can support right now. Stormzy, Hafsa Zayyan, and Monika Radojevic. Judges praised the novel for its "rare style that wrings pure beauty from every painful, absurd moment K must face." The winner/s will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. We Are All Birds of Uganda The second release from #Merky Books will be Taking Up Space: The Black Girls’ Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi, out June 27, 2019. Ghanaian drill MC Yaw Tog recruits Stormzy for “Sore” remix. The winner will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books, as well as representation from The Good Literary Agency. And to help spread the word, The Face have joined forces as the competition’s official media partner for 2020. Merky Books Author Derek Owusu Has Won A Prestigious Book Prize For His Debut Novel ... Judging panel chair and previous Desmond Elliott Prize winner Preti … Speaking to BBC News, Owusu explained who he came to write his award-winning "novel in verse.". Shortlisted writers will also be invited to a special event in London, including writing workshops, presentations from Penguin Random House … It is the first work of fiction by Hafsa Zayyan, co-winner of the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting young novelists of today. The prize aims to discover unpublished, under-represented writers aged 16-30 from the UK and Ireland and the winner or winners will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books, an imprint within Penguin Random House UK. The Prize's judges were Stormzy, poet Kayo Chingonyi, author Yrsa Daley-Ward, Nikesh Shukla of The Good Literary Agency, and Penguin Random House UK Managing Director Susan Sandon. The two authors "will receive representation from The Good Literary Agency and a publishing contract with #Merky Books," according to a press release. The winner of the New Writers’ Prize will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books. _____ Stylist's Best Fiction 2021 The Independent's January Book of the Month Marie Claire's January Book of the Month Refinery29 Reads: The Books We're Picking Up This January #Merky Books has announced the second annual #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, a competition that aims to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged … Despite the terrors around him, this young black man has an instinctive love for the world that burns at the core of the book. The winner will be given representation by the Good Literary Agency, and a publishing contract with #Merky Books. Co-winner of the inaugural Merky Books New Writer's Prize, We Are All Birds of Uganda is the debut novel from Hafsa Zayyan. 2” featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman, Stormzy’s book imprint announces Writer’s Prize winners. Stormzy announces #Merky Books prize winners as he begs more writers to come forward Rishma Dosani Friday 7 Jun 2019 9:22 am Share … The judges for the prize are Stormzy, Candice Braithwaite, Emma Dabiri, Guz Khan and Katarina Johnson-Thompson. #Merky Books, the book imprint of English rapper Stormzy, have announced Monika Radojevic and Hafsa Zayyan as the co-winners of its Writer's Prize, which seeks to boost young and traditionally underrepresented writers. #Merky Books have recently signed Malorie Blackman to publish her autobiography, so the winner will be alongside the former children’s laureate. And an award like the Desmond Elliott, they're really trying to give debut novelists a platform to continue writing...". In this episode we find out how she entered this open-submission competition and the family history that fed into the idea for this story of displacement, home and identity. That Reminds Me follows the life of a Ghanian boy called K from foster care to his birth family in Tottenham. Hafsa Zayyan and Monika Radojevic have both been announced as the co-winners of Stormzy’s first #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize. Rapper and UK National Treasure, Stormzy, has just announced the return of his esteemed #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize.Looking to be a future Booker Prize winner? The winners were shortisted, from 20-strong writers, by a panel of judges which includes Stormzy, poet Kayo Chingonyi, writer Yrsa Daley-Ward, author and agent Nikesh Shukla of The Good Literary Agency and Cornerstone M.D. It is the first work of fiction by Hafsa Zayyan, co-winner of the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, and one of the most exciting young novelists of today. I didn't write this to get published, I wrote it for myself. The imprint's first book was Stormzy's autobiography Rise Up: The #Merky Journey So Far, released in November 2018. All longlisted writers will also be invited to our Writers’ Camp, where they will be able to participate in writing workshops, panel talks, editorial one-to-ones, and meet the #Merky Books team. ©2021 The Fader, Inc. All rights reserved. Grime rapper Stormzy has chosen two winners for his inaugural #Merky Books new writers’ prize, with the award going to both a novel and a collection of … 1 record with “Up”, Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin share “Tha Divide” video featuring MAVI, ZelooperZ, and Koncept Jack$on, Justin Bieber shares “Peaches” video featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, Watch Phife Dawg’s music video for “Nutshell Pt. The judges and I were as shattered by the truths of the story as we were moved by the talent of its writer. The winner will be offered a publishing contract with #Merky Books and the chance to write a Literally essay to feature on We Present in 2021. The two winners were chosen from more than 1200 submissions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry by authors between the ages of 16 and 30. Advertisement They will get a publishing contract with #Merky Books and be represented by The Good Literary Agency. It has been just two years since Stormzy launched literary imprint Merky Books to showcase underrepresented writers "from all different walks of life". The programme also includes the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, an open submission competition to find news works across a range of genres. The competition, which launched earlier this year, was open to aspiring writers between the ages of 16 and 30. The first novel to be published by Stormzy’s new imprint #Merky Books, That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu (pictured), has been longlisted for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott … Stormzy’s #Merky Books has announced the second edition of its annual New Writers’ Prize. As detailed by BBC News, it mirrors the author's life 'from being in foster care in Suffolk to moving in with his biological family in north London before being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder'. Susan Sandon. 40 books to read while self-isolating Show all 40 #Merky Books was announced in June 2018. ", She continued: "Derek Owusu has given us a unique, profound and transcendent work of literature: we want as many readers as possible to discover it â once they do they will return to again and again.â, As part of the Desmond Elliott prize, 32-year-old Owusu was awarded £10,000 and a "year-round platform of support and mentorship from the National Centre for Writing.". Derek Owusu’s That Reminds Me has been announced as the winner of this year’s Desmond Elliott Prize. Much like last year's competition, #Merky Books are looking to find unpublished, underrepresented writers aged between 16 … The TV rights to his forthcoming novel Teaching My Brother To Read have already been picked up by Idris Elba's production company, Green Door Pictures. Shortlisted writers will also be invited to a special event in London, including writing workshops, presentations from Penguin Random House … There were two winners in 2019, and so the aim is to announce 1-2 winners again this year. Listen to The FADER's weekly playlist of songs you need in your life. Hafsa Zayyan and Monika Radojevic have both been announced as the co-winners of first ‘Merky Books New Writers'. Their paths crossed in 2019 after Zayyan became one of the first winners of the rapper’s #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, which gives under-represented authors the chance to be published. This is Owusu’s first book in a two-book deal with #Merky Books and the rights to his second book have already been bought by Idris Elba's TV production company, Green Door Pictures. The winner or winners of the prize will be selected by a panel of judges, including Stormzy himself, and receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books. "I know too many talented writers that don’t always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen," Stormzy said in an Instagram statement, "and hopefully #Merky Books can now be a reference point for them to say 'I can be an author' and for that to be a realistic and achievable goal.". Stormzy 's #Merky Books imprint has announced the second annual New Writers' Prize competition, which will provide an aspiring writer with a publishing contract. All rights reserved. Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images, The judges and I were as shattered by the truths of the story. The 29-year-old won a publishing contract after entering the first New Writer’s Prize from Merky Books on something of a whim, and ended up having to deliver an entire manuscript in six months – while working full-time as a dispute resolution lawyer. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. All longlisted writers will also be invited to our Writers’ Camp, where they will be able to participate in writing workshops, panel talks, editorial one-to-ones, and meet the #Merky Books team. The publishing imprint, launched in 2018 by the UK rapper and Penguin Random House, focuses on platforming new literary talent from underrepresented communities. All longlisted writers will also be invited to our Writers’ Camp, where they will be able to participate in writing workshops, panel talks, editorial one-to-ones, and meet the #Merky Books team. Radojevic won for her poetry collection 23 And Me, and Zayyan for her novel We Are All Birds of Uganda. But in that time, it's made serious waves. This one’s for you. On winning the Desmond Elliott prize, he shared:"When the email came through that I'd been longlisted, I was really blown away. The winner of the New Writers’ Prize will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books. Cardi B earns her fifth No. The winners of Stormzy's inaugural #Merky Books New Writers' prize have been announced as Monika Radojevic and Hafsa Zayyan (both pictured), who will now be represented by The Good Literary Agency and receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books.. Radojevic's submission was a poetry collection entitled '23 and Me' that explores cultural belonging and identity, while Zayyan's … Most recently, the company's first published novel, That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu's has won the Desmond Elliott Book Prize, which is given to the year's best debut novel in the UK and Ireland. From North London, Owusu, who is also a podcaster, has a two-book deal with #MerkyBooks. _____ Stylist‘s Best Fiction 2021 The Independent‘s January Book of the Month Marie Claire’sJanuary Book of the Month Refinery29 Reads: The Books We’re Picking Up This January The winner will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books, as well as representation from The Good Literary Agency. "I didn't write this to get published, I wrote it for myself.". Now the 29-year-old is celebrating the recent release of her debut novel We Are All Birds of Uganda. The inaugural prize was awarded in June 2019 to co-winners Hafsa Zayyan and Monika Radojevic. 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