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White, Brinkhurst-Cuff, Patel and Hankinson to judge Gordon Burn Prize
Terri White, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Sheena Patel and Andrew Hankinson will judge this year’s Gordon Burn Prize.
The prize was founded in 2012 to remember author Gordon Burn. It is run in partnership by New Writing North, Faber & Faber and the Gordon Burn Trust, with sponsorship from Newcastle University.
The prize covers both fiction and non-fiction and seeks to celebrate the work of those who follow in Burn’s footsteps, “identifying and celebrating brilliant writing that often blurs the perceived boundaries between genres and finds its readers outside the mainstream”.
In 2022, Preti Taneja won the prize for Aftermath (And Other Stories), a work of narrative non-fiction that blurs genres and form to understand terror, trauma and grief.
White, journalist, screenwriter and author of the memoir Coming Undone (Canongate) will chair this year’s judging panel alongside journalist Brinkhurst-Cuff who has also edited books including Black Joy (Penguin) and Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children (Headline).
They will be joined by Patel, author of I’m a Fan (Rough Trade) and assistant director for film and TV, as well as Hankinson, journalist and author of Don’t applaud. Either laugh or don’t. (At the Comedy Cellar.) and You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You are Raoul Moat] (Both Scribe).
White said: “An award-winning journalist, one of the most vivid new voices in fiction, and a north-east non-fiction master — it’s been an absolute joy (and privilege) to work with New Writing North to recruit the judging panel for the Gordon Burn prize 2023/24. Sheena, Charlie and Andrew each bring critical insight and perspective, and I can’t wait to hunker down in a room with them to spotlight the boldest boundary-breaking books being published today.”
The Gordon Burn Prize 2023-24 is now open for entry until 3rd August 2023. It is open to works in English published between 1st July 2022 and 30th November 2023 by writers of any nationality. The £10,000 prize will be awarded in March 2024.
