One County, Many Voices Literary Prize

Wednesday 28th of March 2012 at 4.00 p.m.
at the UCS, Waterfront Building, Room W209, Ipswich

JIMAS sponsored the One County, Many Voices Literary Prize organised by Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE). This was launched at the ISCRE Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 15th September 2011. The aim of this project was to capture accounts of diversity and the challenges and benefits of migration. The winner in each category received £250 from JIMAS as well as a special prize of £100 for a thirteen year old who captured the heart of the CEO of JIMAS, Manwar Ali, with her flowing piece written from the heart that held innocence and imagination aloft as a dream for harmony and understanding.

The literary prize comprised two categories: for those aged 11-18 and those aged 18 and over for articles written in any format which included historical research, autobiography, prose, fiction and poetry.

The final six submissions were evaluated by the judging panel which consisted of author Blake Morrison, EADT Arts Editor Andrew Clarke, and Chief Executive of JIMAS Manwar Ali.

Professor Mike Saks, Provost and Chief Executive of University Campus Suffolk (UCS) which hosted the awards ceremony commended the literary prize and expressed his delight in hosting it.

The Awards Ceremony for the winners was followed by refreshments and the UCS Academy Lecture by Blake Morrison on 'The Future of Reading' at 5.30 pm on the same afternoon.