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The Polari First Book Prize is an award for a first book which explores the LGBT experience and is open to selected works of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction published in the UK in English within the twelve months of the deadline for submission. It runs alongside the main Polari Book Prize each year.

In 2025 some of the long-listed authors for the Polari Book Prize objected to a book listed for the main prize by John Boyne, an Irish writer, because he has gender-critical views. ^[1] The Polari Prize organisers then decided to cancel the whole event in 2025 ^[2]

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[1] ttps://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/londons-polari-prizes-release-their-2025-longlists/

[2] ttps://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/the-uks-2025-polari-prize-controversy-and-its-implications/

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-[[FILE:POLARIpinkLARGE.jpg|thumb|Polari First Book Prize logo]]The '''Polari First Book Prize''' is an award "for a first book which explores the LGBT experience and is open to any work of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction published in the UK in English within the twelve months of the deadline for submissions". It runs alongside the main Polari Book Prize each year.
+[[FILE:POLARIpinkLARGE.jpg|thumb|Polari First Book Prize logo]]The '''Polari First Book Prize''' is an award for a first book which explores the LGBT experience and is open to selected works of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction published in the UK in English within the twelve months of the deadline for submission. It runs alongside the main Polari Book Prize each year.
-In 2013 the shortlist was:
+In 2025 some of the long-listed authors for the Polari Book Prize objected to a book listed for the main prize by [[John Boyne]], an Irish writer, because he has gender-critical views. <ref> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/londons-polari-prizes-release-their-2025-longlists/ </ref> The Polari Prize organisers then decided to cancel the whole event in 2025 <ref> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/the-uks-2025-polari-prize-controversy-and-its-implications/ </ref>
-*''The Murder Wall'' by [[Mari Hannah]] (Pan Macmillan)
-*''Tony Hogan Bought Me An Icecream Float Before He Stole My Ma'' by [[Kerry Hudson]] (Chatto & Windus)
-*''The Sitar'' by [[Rebecca Idris]] (self-published ebook)
-*''Catching Bullets – Memoirs of a Bond Fan'' by [[Mark O’Connell]] (Splendid Books)
-*''The Tale of Raw Head & Bloody Bones'' by [[Jack Wolf]] (Chatto & Windus)
-And the winner was Mari Hannah for ''The Murder Wall''.
-In 2025 some of the long-listed authors for the Polari Book Prize objected to a book by [[John Boyne]], an Irish writer, because he has gender-critical views. <ref> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/londons-polari-prizes-release-their-2025-longlists/ </ref>
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