July 3, 2024

Centre for Stories is pleased to share the Portside Review Human Rights Essay Prize shortlist for 2024. With submissions from across the Indian Ocean and beyond, judges John Ryan, Sampurna Chattarji and Frances An have selected 12 essays from a pool of over 150 submissions. Essay themes ranged from racism, climate action, forced adoption, genocide, food security, women’s rights, war, migration, trans rights and more.

Shortlist (in random order):

Atul Joshi – Essay titled ‘Wild Mohini’

Dani Netherclift – Essay titled ‘Read as a Boy’

Dominic Carpio – Essay titled ‘Blood-red Tags: Red-Tagging and Ruling by Fear in the Philippines’

EJ Clarence – Essay titled ‘Feathered on the Breath of Chance’

Elaine Pratley – Essay titled ‘When sandwiches and fish feed peace’

Ella Holmes – Essay titled ‘Atlas, Rats, and Writing the Candle’

Gracia Ayni Warella – Essay titled ‘Here I Am, Disempowered’

Keletso Mopai – Essay titled ‘How (Not) to Talk About Colorism’

Kirsten Han – Essay titled ‘Singapore Will Always Be At War’

Salil Tripathi – Essay titled ‘Justice and Human Rights in the Age of Surveillance’

Sara Gingold – Essay titled ‘Legitimately Ill’

Stevie Lane – Essay titled ‘Trans Rights are Human Rights’

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The winner will be announced and published in Portside Review in July 2024. The winner will receive AUD $5,000, flights to Perth Western Australia, and will deliver a lecture on their essay’s topic.

First Place: AUD $5,000 + flight to Perth, Western Australia
Second Place: AUD $1,000
Shortlisted essays: AUD $250

All shortlisted essays will be published in Portside Review.