2025
Jhalak Poetry Prize Winner
Mimi Khalvati
Collected Poems
(Carcanet)
With support from the independent poetry publisher Ink Sweat & Tears with a special focus on their internship programme.
Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up on the Isle of Wight. She has lived most of her life in London. She has published nine poetry collections with Carcanet Press, and is the founder of The Poetry School. Her awards include a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors, a major Arts Council Award and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of The English Society. In 2023 she was awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry.
Short list
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Adam, Gboyega Odubanjo (Faber)
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Boiled Owls, Azad Ashim Sharma (Out-Spoken Press)
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Collected Poems, Mimi Khalvati (Carcanet)
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Horse, Rushika Wick (Broken Sleep Books)
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Self-Portrait with Family, Amaan Hyder (Nine Arches Press)
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Top Doll, Karen McCarthy Woolf (Dialogue Books)
Long list
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Adam, Gboyega Odubanjo (Faber)
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Agimat, Romalyn Ante (Chatto & Windus)
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amuk, Khairani Barokka (Nine Arches Press)
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Boiled Owls, Azad Ashim Sharma (Out-Spoken Press)
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Collected Poems, Mimi Khalvati (Carcanet)
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Emotional Support Horse, Claudine Toutoungi (Carcanet)
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Fantasia, Nisha Ramayya (Granta Poetry)
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Horse, Rushika Wick (Broken Sleep Books)
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Self-Portrait with Family, Amaan Hyder (Nine Arches Press)
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Signs, Music, Raymond Antrobus (Picador Poetry)
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The Tattoo Collector, Tim Tim Cheng (Nine Arches Press)
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Top Doll, Karen McCarthy Woolf (Dialogue Books)
Photo Credit - Siro Micheroli
Photo Credit - Siqi Li