unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Graham Oakes. If you have an incomplete or private project you’d like to talk about, please email unfinishing.pod@gmail.com, contact Em on Instagram @unfinishingpod, or on Twitter @TrueBagglerag. This is a special episode of unfinishing, all about the Northern Writers' Awards (NWAs), which are perfect for this podcast because they support works in progress. With huge thanks to the staff at New Writing North who run the awards, I went along to talk to some of this year’s winners, alongside judges and authors who have won in the past: Will Mackie, Senior Programme Manager (Talent Development) and Programme Leader (MA in Publishing) Dr Louise Powell, writer and winner of the Sid Chaplin Award (2023) Farzana A. Ghani, writer and winner of the Northern Promise TLC Award (2023) Lucy Irvine, agent – Peters Fraser + Dunlop (NWA Judge) Sairish Hussain, author and Lecturer in Creative Writing (NWA Judge) James Harris, author and 2019 winner of the Hachette Children’s Novel Award Naomi Kelsey, author and winner of the Arvon Award (2020) and Northern Writers’ Fiction Award (2014) You can find out more about the Northern Writers Awards here: https://newwritingnorth.com/northern-writers-awards/⁠