‘Simultaneously deeply researched and imaginative, critical and curious’, Nadine Monem’s piece captivated the judges with the ‘scope and power’ of its expression and ideas. ‘It’s a beautiful exploration of the past’s resonance into the present,’ said [Wasafiri New Writing Prize] judge Francesca Wade, ‘presenting a counter-history with profound personal, political, and literary implications.’ 

—”Close to the Slaughterhouse”, in Black Warrior Review 50.2, Spring 2024 (forthcoming).
—“Salt Prints”, in Wasafiri: International Contemporary Writing, vol 38, no. 1, 2023. pp. 18–21.
—”At the Fork of the River”, in Visual Verse, Ninth Birthday edition, Nov 2022
—”Afterword”, in Marble in Metamorphosis by Rachel Cusk (Molonglo, 2022)