2025
Jhalak Poetry prize
Shortlist announcement:
22 April 2025
Winner announcement:
4 June 2025
With support from the independent poetry publisher Ink Sweat & Tears with a special focus on their internship programme.
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 Chen (Nine Arches Press)
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Top Doll, Karen McCarthy Woolf (Dialogue Books)


Photo Credit - Siro Micheroli

Photo Credit - Siqi Li