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Supporting the arts by & about refugees & migrants.

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We’re excited to announce the second Footnote x Counterpoints Prize, in collaboration with the Southbank Centre. This iteration of the prize isdedicated to fiction.

The Prize champions bold new literary voices whose stories offer fresh perspectives.

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Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize - Counterpoints
Footnote Press and Counterpoints Arts have partnered to launch the 2026 Footnote x Counterpoints Non-Fiction Prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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We’re delighted to see the new Footnote x Counterpoints Prize for Fiction featured in The Guardian.
The £15,000 award celebrates writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds whose fiction explores displacement, courage and belonging.
Submissions are now open.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migration
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Refugees Cannot Be Blamed!
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We are deeply saddened to share that one of our founding trustees and much loved British- Ukrainian author, Marina Lewycka, passed away yesterday
Thank you for everything, Marina. Rest in peace.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Marina Lewycka, British-Ukrainian author, dies aged 79
The writer, who was born in a refugee camp in Germany after the war, won the Wodehouse prize for comic writing for her debut A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🌍🎥 NEW: Host your own free film screening this November!

Introducing Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Film Festival 2025

📅 21–30 Nov (during #COP30)
📍 UK-wide + online

Host anywhere

👉 Register: counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-shar…#ClimateJusticec#MigrantJusticec#CommunityFilmlm
https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-shar…
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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We are here!
November 14, 2024 at 4:39 PM