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The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial award founded in 2012 by Soroptimist International of Leeds (SI Leeds)〔("About SI Leeds" ), Soroptimist International Great Britain & Ireland (SIGBI).〕 – a branch of the worldwide women's organization Soroptimist International – for unpublished fiction written by Black and Asian women resident in the UK.〔("SI Leeds Literary Prize" ), SIGBI.〕〔("SI Leeds Literary Prize events" ), Words of Colour, 11 September 2014.〕 Submissions must be of more than 30,000 words of fiction and entrants must be aged 18 years and over.〔("Am I eligible to enter?" ) SI Leeds Literary Prize.〕 The prize offers support for writers to develop their work and to help build new audiences.〔("Literary Prize Gives Voice To Black And Asian Women’s Writing" ), The Book Shed.〕 Described as "groundbreaking",〔("Leeds based literary prize launches "crowdfunding" campaign" ), Bronte Country.〕 the prize has been developed and managed by SI Leeds in partnership with Ilkley Literature Festival〔("Ilkley Literature Festival is backing fiction writing prize" ), ''Wharfedale Observer'', 13 January 2014.〕 and Leeds-based publishers Peepal Tree Press. Among other partners are The Literary Consultancy (TLC),〔("SI Leeds Literary Prize Events" ), TLC, 5 September 2014.〕 Writing on the Wall (WOW),〔("SI Leeds Literary Prize" ) at WOW.〕 the Arvon Foundation, New Writing North,〔("SI Leeds winners to attend NWN summer salon" ), New Writing North, 14 March 2014.〕 and Leeds Library and Information Service.〔("Leeds Library and Information Service" ), SI Leeds Literary Prize.〕 As of 2014, patrons of the prize〔(Patrons ), SI Leeds Literary Prize website.〕 include Bernardine Evaristo, Bidisha, Bonnie Greer, Carolyn Choa, Diana Evans, Diana Howse,〔("Countess of Harewood, Diane Howse: An artist in residence who is also lady of the house" ), ''The Yorkshire Post''.〕 Dreda Say Mitchell, Hannah Pool, Margaret Oldroyd (president of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland),〔(Board of Directors ), SIGBI.〕 Maya Jaggi,〔(Maya Jaggi biography. )〕 Pippa Small,〔("About us" ), Pippa Small website.〕 Sue Woodford-Hollick and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, with Margaret Busby as prize ambassador〔("Margaret Busby – Prize Ambassador" ), SI Leeds Literary Prize.〕 and Irenosen Okojie as prize advocate.〔(Bio ), Irenosen Okojie.〕 ==Background== The SI Leeds Literary Prize "aims to act as a loudspeaker for Black and Asian women's voices, enabling fresh and original literary voices from a group disproportionately under-represented in mainstream literary culture to reach new audiences."〔("About the Prize" ), SI Leeds Literary Prize website.〕 Irenosen Okojie, speaking of the necessity for the prize, states: "There’s a big disparity between what we see reflected on the shelves and the wonderful diverse voices that are out there. The prize aims to address that imbalance somewhat and to provide a platform for marginalized voices that are largely ignored.... There are also very few black and Asian professionals working within the industry which has an impact in terms of who the gatekeepers are. Who gets to decide what voices should be heard and which stories are worth publishing?...If we have more diversity within the infrastructure, that might filter through to work that gets commissioned. A national prize like the SI Leeds Literary Prize is about celebrating the voices of black and Asian women."〔Irenosen Okojie (interviewed by Bidisha), ("'This is an issue at every level of publishing.' The S I Leeds Literary Prize tackles race, sex, diversity and literary fiction" ), 27 February 2014.〕 Kerry Young,〔("About Kerry" ), Kerry Young website.〕 chair of the 2014 panel of judges, said in an interview for ''Sable'' magazine: "It’s the only prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women writers. That's the first thing. Secondly, it's the opportunities it offers not just in the cash awards but, for the winning author, to have a free place on an Arvon creative writing course of their choice; and for Peepal Tree Press to consider their manuscript for publication. That is huge. And for the runner-up and the other shortlisted authors there is a combination of writer development support and manuscript assessment from The Literary Consultancy; and one-to-one professional development support from Peepal Tree Press. So the prize is an all round package to help writers develop not just reward them for their existing achievements."〔("SI Leeds Prize Shortlist Announced" ), ''Sable'', 29 August 2014.〕 In the words of patron Carolyn Choa, "The prize endeavours to encourage those not born into the mainstream of British culture, and offers a possible course towards the rich, all-embracing intellectual landscape of which Britain so rightly boasts."〔("Carolyn Choa" ), SI Leeds Literary Prize.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SI Leeds Literary Prize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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