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The online literary platform spotlighting people of colour in the creative industries.

Poetry

Where culture meets community.

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Essay & Review

Opinion

Competitions

Competitions
The Storm We Made Giveaway
The Storm We Made Giveaway

The Thawra Poetry Competition 2024

The Thawra Poetry Competition 2024

Thawra has been a home for poets since it was created. Now, we’re taking it one step further by launching The Thawra Poetry Competition to find the best poet of the year.

The winner has now been announced.

Congratulations to Chineka Assem Maumo and her poem Pamoja [Together].

Art & Fashion

📚 Explore Thawra’s most anticipated reads of 2025 by POC authors. Minority Rule by Ash Sarkar Katabasis by R. F. Kuang The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Mother Maryam Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Disappoin
⚡️5 Must-Read Fantasy Series by POC Authors by Saberin C. (@sabisreading) The fantasy genre has often been dominated by the usual contenders: George R. R. Martin, J. R. R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, but it is now expanding rapidly. Th

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