Tag: Momtaza Mehri
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Momtaza Mehri on UK’s Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer 2024 shortlist
Momtaza Mehri poetry collection Bad Diaspora Poems is on the shortlist for the UK’s Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer 2024 announced on Sunday, February 25, 2024. The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer of the Year award is a literary prize awarded to a British author under the age of 35 for…
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UK’s Forward Prizes for Poetry 2023 winners announced.
Jason Allen-Paisant, Malika Booker, and Momtaza Mehri won at the Forward Prize for Poetry 2023 in Leeds, UK on Monday, October 16, 2023. The Forward Prizes for Poetry were founded by William Sieghart to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience in 1992. There are four prizes on offer: The Forward Prize for Best…
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Momtaza Mehri is Manchester Poetry Prize 2019 winner.
Momtaza Mehri was announced the winner of the Manchester Poetry Prize 2019 at the Manchester Writing Competition on February 7, 2020. The Manchester Writing Competition is the UK’s biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country’s most successful writing school. The Competition was established by UK Poet Laureate (2009-19) Carol Ann Duffy in…
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Momtaza Mehri, Theresa Lola, Hiwot Adilow are Brunel African Poetry Prize 2018 winners.
Momtaza Mehri, Theresa Lola, and Hiwot Adilow are the joint Brunel African Poetry Prize 2018 winners. The three share the 3,000 UK pounds prize money. The Brunel African Poetry Prize was founded in 2012 by British-Nigerian writer, Bernardine Evaristo, Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London to revitalise African poetry, which at that time…
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Eight poets make Brunel African Poetry Prize 2018 shortlist
The Brunel African Poetry Prize 2018 shortlist was announced on March 12, 2018 with eight poets making the cut from the hundreds submitted. The Brunel African Poetry Prize was founded in 2012 by British-Nigerian writer, Bernardine Evaristo, Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London to revitalise African poetry, which at that time was almost…
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Brunel University African Poetry Prize 2016 shortlist out
The Brunel University African Poetry Prize is a poetry prize of £3000 aimed at the development, celebration, and promotion of poetry from Africa. The prize is open to African poets worldwide and each poet has to submit 10 poems to be eligible. It is sponsored by Brunel University London and Commonwealth Writers. Previous winner of the…