The Polari Prize 2020 Winners

Celebrating its tenth birthday this year, the Polari Prize is the UK’s first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Established to promote writing that explores the LGBTQ+ experience, Polari also focuses on amplifying diverse voices through a series of literary events, including the regularly touring Polari Salon.

It is our great pleasure to confirm In at the Deep End by Kate Davies as the winner of the Polari Book Prize 2020.

Fizzing with energy, vigour and naughtiness throughout, In at the Deep End balances the outrageous with the warmly compassionate and empathetic with consummate skill.

The winner of the Polari First Book Prize 2020 is Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Life as a Unicorn.

Written with flair and insight, Al-Kadhi’s heartfelt memoir is a breathtaking combination of scintillating entertainment and moving reflection that speaks powerfully to twenty-first century LGBT identity.