The winner has now been announced.

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

The shortlist:

- [x] Haleema Ougradar — HARVESTING IN GAZA

- [x] Chineka Assem Maumo — Pamoja [Together]

- [x] Marcel Bedeau — The Painting Opposite Pollock’s

- [x] Warren Clementson — in memory of Aaron Bushnell

- [x] Esha Volvoikar — You Tell Us What To Do

- [x] Nyah Randon — Mongrel

- [x] Stuti Pachisia — Bengal Terror

- [x] Joseph Chaganiza — Spoken word poem

- [x] Madina Arisekola Alao — Oxfam

The longlist:

Haleema Ougradar — HARVESTING IN GAZA

Madina Arisekola Alao — Oxfam

Nyah Randon — Mongrel

Zara Faryal — Over greet, under sleep.

Joseph  Chaganiza — Spoken word poem

Zohaib Ali — Home

Jonah Sharma — HYBRIDITY

Stuti Pachisia — Flight Risk, Bengal Terror

Angel-Noela — Take and Take

Sangeeth Mathialagan — New Touch

Abdurrahman Butt — Defiance

Farzana Ali — circle of life

Ruby McKie — A confrontation

Mymona Bibi — Dorzir Furi (The Tailor’s Daughter)

Haliette Mukandatsamba — Colonial Resist.

Warren Clementson — in memory of Aaron Bushnell

Rayhana Bint-Mumin — Poem #2

Esha Volvoikar — You Tell Us What To Do, I Don’t Want to Talk About My Roots

Marcel Bedeau — The Painting Opposite Pollock’s

Chineka Assem Maumo — Pamoja [Together]

Anoushka Guruparan — Shiva’s Sonnet… or… You cannot take from me my mother tongue

Kirsty Bekoe-Tabiri — Exorcist.