“I’m in a blissful state of shock”: April Yee and Tracey Slaughter scope Manchester Writing Competition £10,000 prizes
Featured image and gallery: Gbemisola Elegunde April Yee and Tracey Slaughter have won the 2023 Manchester Writing Competition, chosen from thousands of worldwide applicants. Yee took home the top spot in the Manchester Fiction Prize, and Slaughter scooped the Manchester Poetry Prize in a gala prize-giving ceremony at the Manchester Poetry Library on Friday. Each…