Armfield’s novel Our Wives Under the Sea won the overall prize, while Ransom’s The Whale Tattoo took the first book award
Julia Armfield and Jon Ransom have won this year’s Polari prizes for books that explore LGBTQ+ experiences – both with novels that look at water and the sea.
Ransom won the £1,000 Polari first book prize for The Whale Tattoo, while Armfield’s Our Wives Under the Sea was named winner of the overall prize, which comes with a cash award of £2,000.
