The Longlist for Rathbones Folio Prize

Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Caleb Femi, Inua Ellams, and Mark Gevisser are on the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize longlist.
The Rathbones Folio Prize was founded in 2014 by London-based publishers, The Folio Society. The prize was initiated to reward “the best new work of literature published in the English language during a given year, regardless of form (fiction, non-fiction and poetry).” This year’s winner is set to receive a cheque of £30,000.
South African writer and queer rights advocate Mark Gevisser is being longlisted for The Pink Line: The World’s Queer Frontiers. British-Ghanaian writer, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, is being longlisted for his poetry collection The Geez. Caleb Femi is longlisted for his poetry collection Poor, and UK-based Nigerian poet Inua Ellams for The Actual.
The shortlist will be announced on 10th February, and the winner will be announced on 24th March.
Click here to see other writers on the longlist.