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Jhalak Prize

{{Short description|British literary award}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Jhalak Prize

| awarded_for = Book of the year by a writer of colour

| reward = £1,000

| country = United Kingdom

| year = {{start date and age|2017}}

| website = {{Official website|https://www.jhalakprize.com/}}

}}

The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME writers. £1,000 is awarded to the sole winner.

The Jhalak Prize was launched in 2016 and was created by writers Sunny Singh, Nikesh Shukla, and Media Diversified. It is supported by The Authors’ Club and by The Jhalak Foundation,{{Cite web |title=JHALAK FOUNDATION overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12978910 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208222207/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12978910 |url-status=live }} owned by Professor Singh's family. The prize and foundation are named after Professor Singh's grandmother.{{Cite web |last=Culture |first=OxStu |date=2020-05-30 |title=Sunny Singh talks about the turbulent first few years of the Jhalak prize |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2020/05/30/sunny-singh-talks-about-the-turbulent-first-few-years-of-the-jhalak-prize/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119125325/https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2020/05/30/sunny-singh-talks-about-the-turbulent-first-few-years-of-the-jhalak-prize/ |url-status=live }} It is the second literary prize in the UK to only accept entries by writers of colour, following the SI Leeds Literary Prize for BAME women writers, which was first awarded in 2012. In 2017, the comedian Shappi Khorsandi withdrew her novel from the longlist because she said she felt that "my skin colour was up for an award rather than my book".{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2017-01-06 |title=Shappi Khorsandi withdraws book from Jhalak prize longlist |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/06/shappi-khorsandi-withdraws-book-from-jhalak-prize-longlist |access-date=2023-11-24 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112001636/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/06/shappi-khorsandi-withdraws-book-from-jhalak-prize-longlist |url-status=live }} Consequentially, the prize was reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission,{{Cite web|url=https://mediadiversified.org/about-us/jhalak-prize/|title=Jhalak Prize|work=Media Diversified|date=10 September 2018|language=en|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626051545/https://mediadiversified.org/about-us/jhalak-prize/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2020-06-05 |title=Jhalak Prize controversy |url=https://statesponsoredliterature.com/jhalak-prize-controversy/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=State Sponsored Literature |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124094503/https://statesponsoredliterature.com/jhalak-prize-controversy/ |url-status=live }} but the complaint was not upheld, and the Equality and Human Rights Commmission stated in 2017 that "this award is the type of action which the Commission supports and recommends".{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/indie-dominant-jhalak-prize-unveiled-721521|first=Heloise|last=Wood|title=Independent presses dominate Jhalak Prize longlist|work=The Bookseller|language=en|date=30 January 2018|access-date=6 March 2018|archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202349/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/indie-dominant-jhalak-prize-unveiled-721521|url-status=live}}

In 2020, a sister award, the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize, was founded.{{cite web|url=https://www.jhalakprize.com/about|title=About the Jhalak Prize|website=Jhalak Prize|access-date=19 April 2024|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929093606/https://www.jhalakprize.com/about|url-status=live}}

Jhalak Prize recipients

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|+Jhalak Prize winners and shortlists

!Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

!Result

!Ref.

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! rowspan="6" |2017{{Efn|The 2017 judges were Sunny Singh, Catherine Johnson, Yvvette Edwards, Musa Okwonga, and Alex Wheatle.}}

|{{sortname|last=Ross|first=Jacob}}

|{{sort|1=Bone Readers|2=The Bone Readers}}

|

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=17 March 2017 |title=Caribbean crime thriller wins inaugural prize for only BAME writers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/17/the-bone-readers-jacob-ross-caribbean-thriller-jhalak-prize |access-date=6 March 2018 |language=en |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202424/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/17/the-bone-readers-jacob-ross-caribbean-thriller-jhalak-prize |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-03-20 |title=Awards: Bancroft; Jhalak; Tony Ryan |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2960 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322130612/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2960 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Hargrave|first=Kiran Millwood}}

|{{sort|1=Girl Of Ink And Stars|2=The Girl of Ink and Stars}}

|{{sort|1=Chicken House|2=The Chicken House}}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-02-07 |title=Awards: Jhalak Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2932 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322135425/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2932 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Mukherjee|first=Abir}}

|{{sort|1=Rising Man|2=A Rising Man}}

|Harvill Secker

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Okojie|first=Irenosen}}

|Speak Gigantular

|Jacaranda Books

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Olusoga|first=David}}

|Black and British: A Forgotten History

|Macmillan Publishers

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Younge|first=Gary}}

|Another Day In The Death Of America

|Faber

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2018{{Efn|The 2018 judges were Sunny Singh, Catherine Johnson, Tanya Byrne, Vera Chok, and Noo Saro-Wiwa.}}

|{{sortname|last=Eddo-Lodge|first=Reni}}

|Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

|

|Winner

|{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2018-03-15 |title=Reni Eddo-Lodge wins Jhalak prize for British writers of colour |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/15/reni-eddo-lodge-wins-jhalak-prize-why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race |access-date=2023-06-10 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=16 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316205128/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/15/reni-eddo-lodge-wins-jhalak-prize-why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-03-19 |title=Awards: Jhalak Winner; LBF International Excellence |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3207 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504110457/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3207 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Aslam|first=Nadeem}}

|{{sort|1=Golden Legend|2=The Golden Legend}}

|Faber

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-02-21 |title=Awards: Tufts Poetry Winners; Jhalak Prize Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3189 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225044242/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3189 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Chingonyi|first=Kayo}}

|Kumukanda

|Chatto & Windus

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Guo|first=Xiaolu}}

|Once Upon a Time in the East

|Chatto & Windus

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Kandasamy|first=Meena}}

|When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

|Atlantic Books

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Millwood-Hargrave|first=Kiran}}

|{{sort|1=Island at the End of Everything|2=The Island at the End of Everything}}

|{{sort|1=Chicken House|2=The Chicken House}}

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2019{{Efn|The 2019 judges were Anna Perera, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Shaffi, and Siana Bangura.}}

|{{sortname|last=Gunaratne|first=Guy}}

|In Our Mad and Furious City

|

|Winner

|{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Jack |date=2019-05-01 |title='The London book of our lifetime': Guy Gunaratne wins Jhalak prize |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/01/the-london-book-of-our-lifetime-guy-gunaratne-wins-jhalak-prize |access-date=2020-01-11 |issn=0261-3077 |via= |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904132721/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/01/the-london-book-of-our-lifetime-guy-gunaratne-wins-jhalak-prize |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-05-03 |title=Awards: Wellcome Book; Jhalak; Prix Voltaire |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3487 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100257/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3487 |url-status=live }}

Akala

|Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

|Two Roads

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-04-09 |title=Awards: Rathbones Folio Finalists; Jhalak Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3469 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207013546/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3469 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Agrawal|first=Roma}}

|Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Antrobus|first=Raymond}}

|{{sort|1=Perseverance|2=The Perseverance}}

|Penned in the Margins

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Forna|first=Aminatta}}

|Happiness

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Rauf|first=Onjali Q.}}

|{{sort|1=Boy At the Back of the Class|2=The Boy At the Back of the Class}}

|Orion Children's Books

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2020{{Efn|The 2020 judges were Roy McFarlane, Anita Sethi, Nikesh Shukla, and Kerry Young.}}

|{{sortname|last=Pitts|first=Johny}}

|Afropean: Notes From Black Europe

|

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=26 May 2020 |title=Johny Pitts wins Jhalak prize for 'beautiful' history of black Europe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/26/johny-pitts-wins-jhalak-prize-for-beautiful-history-of-black-europe |access-date=26 May 2020 |language=en |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526201704/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/26/johny-pitts-wins-jhalak-prize-for-beautiful-history-of-black-europe |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-05-29 |title=Awards: Jhalak Winner |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3749#m48643 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203200845/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3749#m48643 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Atta|first=Dean}}

|{{sort|1=Black Flamingo|2=The Black Flamingo}}

|Hodder Children's

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-04-16 |title=Awards: Jhalak Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3719 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001075310/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3719 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Battle-Felton|first=Yvonne}}

|Remembered

|Dialogue Books

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Carty-Williams|first=Candice}}

|Queenie

|Orion

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Chan|first=Mary Jean}}

|Flèche

|Faber

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Gunesekera|first=Romesh}}

|Suncatcher

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2021{{Efn|The 2021 judges were Yvonne Battle-Felton, Louise Doughty and Peter Kalu.}}

|{{sortname|last=Makumbi|first=Jennifer Nansubuga}}

|{{sort|1=First Woman|2=The First Woman}}

|

|Winner

|{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=25 May 2021 |title=Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Patrice Lawrence win Jhalak prizes for writers of colour |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/25/jennifer-nansubuga-makumbi-and-patrice-lawrence-win-jhalak-prizes-for-writers-of-colour |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602112341/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/25/jennifer-nansubuga-makumbi-and-patrice-lawrence-win-jhalak-prizes-for-writers-of-colour |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Awards: Reading the West, Jhalak Winners |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4244#m56481 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207084717/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4244#m56481 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Ante|first=Romalyn}}

|Antiemetic for Homesickness

|Chatto & Windus

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-04-14 |title=Shortlist announced for 2021 Jhalak Prize for BAME writers |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/04/14/185062/shortlist-announced-for-2021-jhalak-prize-for-bame-writers/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-04-17 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417034454/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/04/14/185062/shortlist-announced-for-2021-jhalak-prize-for-bame-writers/ }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-04-15 |title=Awards: Whiting Winners; Jhalak and Sheikh Zayed Shortlists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3965 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420162437/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3965 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Cho|first=Catherine}}

|Inferno

|Bloomsbury

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Long|first=Rachel}}

|My Darling From the Lions

|Picador

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Katy}}

|Are We Home Yet

|Jacaranda Books

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Mendez|first=Paul}}

|Rainbow Milk

|Dialogue Books

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2022{{Efn|The 2022 judges were Mary Jean Chan, Chimene Suleyman and Stephen S. Thompson.}}

|{{sortname|last=Khan|first=Sabba}}

|{{sort|1=Roles We Play|2=The Roles We Play}}

|

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Mechler |first=Anita |last2=Merlene |first2=Kate |date=2022-06-02 |title=Sabba Khan Wins the 2022 Jhalak Prize |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/sabba-khan-wins-the-2022-jhalak-prize-bookpulse |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Library Journal |archive-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119215527/https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/sabba-khan-wins-the-2022-jhalak-prize-bookpulse |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Akbar|first=Arifa}}

|Consumed

|Sceptre

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-04-20 |title=Jhalak Prize 2022 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/04/20/213160/shortlist-announced-for-2022-jhalak-prize-for-bame-writers/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428235604/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/04/20/213160/shortlist-announced-for-2022-jhalak-prize-for-bame-writers/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Awards: Oates Winner; Jhalak Shortlists |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4215#m56028 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624113219/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4215#m56028 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Arshi|first=Mona}}

|Somebody Loves You

|And Other Stories

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Capildeo|first=Vahni}}

|Like a Tree, Walking

|Carcenet Press

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Cin|first=Tice}}

|Keeping the House

|And Other Stories

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Miller|first=Kei}}

|Things I Have Withheld

|Canongate Books

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2023{{Efn|The 2023 judges were Haleh Agar, Yaba Badoe, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Maisie Chan, Irfan Master and Monisha Rajesh. }}

|{{sortname|last=Alabanza|first=Travis}}

|None of the Above

|

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=Alabanza, Jawando win 2023 Jhalak Prizes |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/05/29/231559/alabanza-jawando-win-2023-jhalak-prizes/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Books+Publishing |publisher= |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601042117/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/05/29/231559/alabanza-jawando-win-2023-jhalak-prizes/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-26 |title=Awards: Plutarch, Jhalak Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4489 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604231038/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4489 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Banwo|first=Ayanna Lloyd}}

|When We Were Birds

|Hamish Hamilton

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |date=2023-04-20 |title=Jhalak Prize 2023 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/04/20/229853/jhalak-prize-2023-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Books+Publishing |publisher= |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601004406/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/04/20/229853/jhalak-prize-2023-shortlists-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Hui|first=Angela|dab=writer}}

|Takeaway

|Trapeze

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Joseph|first=Paterson}}

|{{sort|1=Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho|2=The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho}}

|Dialogue Books

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Patel|first=Sheena}}

|I'm a Fan

|Rough Trade Books

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Pati|first=Anita}}

|Hiding to Nothing

|Liverpool University Press

|Shortlist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2024{{Efn|The 2024 judges were Anni Domingo, Danielle Jawando, Stella Oni, J. P. Rose, Denise Saul and Rashmi Sirdeshpande.}}

|{{sortname|last=Yeebo |first=Yepoka }}

|Anansi's Gold: The man who swindled the world

|Bloomsbury

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Jhalak prizes 2024 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/06/03/252741/jhalak-prizes-2024-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}

{{sortname|last=Allen-Paisant |first=Jason }}

|Self-Portrait as Othello

|Carcanet

| Shortlist

|{{cite web |title=The Prize: 2024 Shortlist |url=https://www.jhalakprize.com/the-prize |website=Jhalak Prize |access-date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420221043/https://www.jhalakprize.com/the-prize |archive-date=20 April 2024 |language=en | url-status=live}}

{{sortname|last=Burnett |first=Elizabeth-Jane }}

|Twelve Words for Moss

|Penguin

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Crooks |first=Jacqueline }}

|Fire Rush

|Vintage

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Masud |first=Noreen }}

|{{sort|Flat Place|A Flat Place}}

|Penguin

|Shortlist

|

{{sortname|last=Rao |first=Ami }}

|Boundary Road

|Everything With Words

|Shortlist

|

Children's and Young Adult Prize recipients

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|+Jhalak Children's and Young Adult Prize winners and shortlists

!Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

!Result

!Ref.

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! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Lawrence|first=Patrice}}

|Eight Pieces of Silva

|

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Parkes|first=Nii Ayikwei}} and Avril Filomeno

|{{Sort|GA Picture Alphabet|The GA Picture Alphabet}}

|Kane Series

|Shortlist

| rowspan="5" |

{{sortname|last=Getten|first=Kereen}}

|When Life Gives You Mangoes

|Pushkin Children’s

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Jawando|first=Danielle}}

|And the Stars Were Burning Brightly

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Catherine|dab=novelist}}

|Queen of Freedom

|Pushkin Children’s

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Sturton|first=Margaret}}

|{{Sort|Fox Called Herbert|A Fox Called Herbert}}

|Andersen Press

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Chan|first=Maisie}}

|Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths

|Piccadilly Press

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Àbíké-Íyímídé|first=Faridah}}

|Ace of Spades

|Usborne Publishing

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Blackman|first=Malorie}} and Dapo Adeola

|We’re Going to Find the Monster

|Puffin Books

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Boakye|first=Jeffrey}}, illus by Ngadi Smart

|{{Sort|Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs|The Musical Truth: A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs}}

|Faber

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Henry|first=Rebecca}}

|{{Sort|Sound of Everything|The Sound of Everything}}

|Everything With Words

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Mann|first=Manjeet}}

|{{Sort|Crossing|The Crossing}}

|Penguin

|Shortlist

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|{{sortname|last=Jawando|first=Danielle}}

|When our Worlds Collided

|Simon & Schuster

|Winner

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{{sortname|last=Farfort|first=Lucy}}

|In Our Hands

|Tate

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=McCurdy|first=Janelle}}, illus by Ana Latese

|Mia and the Lightcasters

|Faber

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Pillainayagam|first=Christine}}

|Ellie Pillai Is Brown

|Faber

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Lin|first=Ann Sei}}

|Rebel Skies

|Walker Books

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Sirdeshpande|first=Rashmi}}, illus. by Ruchi Mhasane

|Dadaji’s Paintbrush

|Andersen Press

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2024

|{{sortname|last=Khan|first=Hiba Noor}}

|Safiyyah's War

|Andersen Press

|Winner

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{{sortname|Nadia|Shireen}}

|Geoffrey Gets The Jitters

|Penguin Random House

|Shortlist

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Benjamin Dean

|How to Die Famous

|Simon & Schuster

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Lessore|first=Nathaneal}}

|Steady for This

|Hot Key Books

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Meza|first=Erika}}

|To the Other Side

|Hachette Children's

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Gourlay|first=Candy}}

|Wild Song

|David Fickling

|Shortlist

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

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External links

  • [https://www.jhalakprize.com/ Official website]
  • Sunny Singh, [https://mediadiversified.org/2017/09/19/first-year-of-jhalak-prize-paints-a-grim-picture-of-diversity-in-publishing/ "First year of Jhalak Prize paints a grim picture of diversity in publishing"], Media Diversified, 19 September 2017.

Category:Awards established in 2017

Category:British fiction awards

Category:British literary awards

Category:Literary awards honoring minority groups