Abdul Raouf Qureshi, born in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, has a deep connection with the land, shaped by his rural upbringing and knowledge of local customs and nature. Raouf’s love for the environment is reflected in his Pahari poetry and short stories, celebrating rural life and the bond between humans and nature. His love for trekking has taken him to the K2 base camp with Kramblers, a UK-based hiking organisation. Through his writings and adventures, Raouf embodies the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Abíọ́dún Abdul is a Yorùbá-Nigerian Writer and UNESCO Global Poetry Slam Winner 2022. Her expressive writing includes life essays, diasporic travel stories and an upcoming memoir-polemic series encompassing her schooling across Yorùbá- Nigeria, the UK and Japan. Book 1 is nearing publication and Book 2 comprises her PhD research. She also writes Yorùbá-centred short stories and poetry on social justice as well as topics celebrating our common humanity. Her work has been published in anthologies; she writes/podcasts for literary magazines; performs at literary festivals/events;delivers writing workshops; and presents at academic conferences. Instagram: @abiodunoa
Dana G. Peleg is an English/Hebrew author, poet and translator, as well as a peace activist from her youth, and an LGBTQ+ activist since her own coming out as bi/ pansexual. Her short story collections (Figs, My Love, Shufra, 2000; Wifee, Sial, 2015) and her debut novel, Giantess’ Hand (Catharsis Books, 2024), all published in Hebrew, depict the lives of queer women. She won the 2018 IBBY Certificate of Honor for her Hebrew translation of Anna and the Swallow Man by Gariel Savit. Israeli-born Peleg has been living in California with her partner and son since 2015.
Davinia Hamilton is a Maltese writer and performer based in London. She is the co-author of Blanket Ban, published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, which won the Edinburgh Untapped Award and was a finalist at the Off West End Awards. Her long poem, i cannot speak it but it comes, was published by Ede Books. Her writing has also appeared in several publications, both online and in print, including Salvage, Aphroconfuso, Scintillas: New Maltese Writing 3, and Wet Grain.
Dmitry Blizniuk is a poet from Ukraine. His most recent poems have appeared in Rattle, The Cincinnati Review, The Nation, Prairie Schooner, Plume, The London Magazine, Guernica, Denver Quarterly, Pleiades and many others. A Pushcart Prize nominee, he is also the author of The Red Forest (Fowlpox Press, 2018). His poems have been awarded RHINO 2022 Translation Prize. He lives in Kharkov, Ukraine. Dmitry Blizniuk in the Poets & Writers Directory: http://www.pw.org/directory/writers/dmitry_blizniuk
E. R. Traina is a multi/translingual writer and literary translator based in Cornwall. Her short stories have appeared on Tint Journal and Two Thirds North; her debut novel with music, Amarantha, was published by Kurumuru Books. Her poem 'Giubiana', about another Italian shooting star, is due to appear on the Heroines Anthology Volume 5. She is currently pursuing a PhD while teaching and musing about alternative lives as a musician, librarian, baker and DIY publisher.
Handsen Chikowore is a migrant originally from Zimbabwe. His passion about poetry emerged at the age of ten years. He started writing his poems to the radio and television stations, local magazines, newspapers and journals. He started by writing his poems in the local language Shona and later wrote number poems in English. He see poetry as one of the best ways to express his imagination and realise that poetry opens up opportunities for creativity and squeezes a dose of fun into the critical thinking. Poetry make some fun in his life. It is also a beautiful way for him to express his words with different expression.
Herberth Cea is a Salvadoran poet based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has published two poetry books in Spanish, and his work has been included in several poetry anthologies and magazines across Latin America and the United Kingdom. He is a member of City of Poets and currently is part of the IMIX Refugee journalism mentorship 2025.
Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah is a multilingual poet, multidisciplinary artist, algebraist, journalist, publisher and wanderer. He is the author of more than 19 poetry collections, including Witness. He edits RawPaper, an academic journal. His individual pieces have appeared in more than 500 journals, including JMWW, Constellations, Trampoline, 1-70 Review, Juked, Juke Joint Magazine, Helen Literary Magazine, In Parentheses, etc. He is currently living in Vietnam and Thailand and occasional visits to Colombia and the US.
Jamal Nassari was born on September 18, 1978 in Abadan. He got a B.A in Farsi literature from Chamran University in Ahwaz. He worked as a teacher of Farsi literature in Abadan. At the same time, he continued his studies in Arabic literature until he was awarded a Ph.D from the Science-Research university of Tehran. Jamal Nassari left his country on 23/09/2019 heading to the UK. He currently works in two London schools as an activity leader and an Arabic teacher. In addition, he is Chair of the White Ink Club UK charity that encourages participation in culture and arts across communities. His poetry collections are: When I Die and The Crime.
L.M. is a former journalist who spent seven years as an asylum seeker before finally obtaining her status. Passionate about storytelling, she loves to read and write.
Laura Racioppi holds degrees in International relations and Teaching Italian as a second language. She lives in Southampton where she engages with people seeking safety and refugees through various local projects. Passionate about cultural exchange, she teaches Italian in Winchester and she loves sketching landscapes, streets and moments that catch her eye from her solitary walks.
Nasouh Hossari is an Irish-based poet and artist. Originally from Syria, Nassouh received his education in schools and universities in Damascus. His poems are featured in the Dubylon anthology curated by the International Language Service. His arts exhibitions include ‘Storytelling with Portraits’ in the Ballybough Community centre, as well as in local library as part of Five Lamps Festival, and ‘A Second Home’ in Cloud Café. Nasouh is an active participant and a member of the poetry workshops course in the Ballybough Community Centre.
Nweke, Benard Okechukwu (he/his/him) is a Nigerian poet. He’s the winner of the 2022 Neptune Prime Poetry Prize, also the winner of the 2024 ZODML Poetry Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Akachi Chukwuemeka Literature Prize. He’s a final-year Mass Communication student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. A photographer, and a student leader. His works have appeared in the West Trade Review, Kalahari Review, Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry column, Rogue Agent, The Ballast Journal, The Art Lounge, The Eucalyptus Lit, Poetry Dot Com, Zoetic Press, among others in print.
Living in Leicester for just over four years now, Radidja Niacelem has been writing poems for around seven years, on various themes including her expatriation to England. Her studies in linguistics were very inspiring for her. Previously, Radidja wrote two small self-published collections in French, which she was unable to support because she was leaving one country for another, one language for another.
Sali Bouba Oumarou is a Cameroonian independent scholar and journalist. He lives in Tangiers in northern Morocco, and uses literature to popularise the results of his research, which focuses on the media, migration and peace. He is regularly invited by various organisations to give lectures on his areas of interest.
Sandrine Llouquet is a French-Vietnamese visual artist, born in France, with a Fine Arts degree from Villa Arson in 1999. Her work has been showcased globally, including major exhibitions in Asia, Europe, and the US. From 2000 to 2011, she initiated several alternative art projects in France and Vietnam, co-founding 'Atelier Wonderful', 'Mogas Station', and 'Saigon Creative'. She directed Salon Saigon from 2016 to 2019 and resides in Lisbon, where she opened 'O Gabinete de Madame Thao' in 2021.
Shamim Azad, a full time writer, is well- known in the UK as one of the best poets in Bengali. She has so far published nearly 40 books from various genres, out of which 13 are collections of poetry. Her poems appeared in various literary magazines including The New Yorker, USA. In 2023, Azad received Bangladesh’s highest literary award in poetry - the Bangla Academy Literary Award. She also received the UK's National Lottery Award and the Poet-in-Residence at 'A Poet's Agora', Athens.
Sirajul Islam is a poet, writer and human rights activist. He is a Rohingya, originally from Myanmar. In 2017, he fled to Bangladesh to seek refuge and escape the genocide carried out by the Myanmar military. He has internationally published two collections of poetry. Through poetry, he speaks truth to power, advocates for the rights of his people, strengthens the voice of his community, and brings the Rohingya plight on the global stage.
Sneha Subramanian Kanta is a multilingual creator and academician with fifteen years of international teaching experience. Her collection Hiraeth is an honouree for the 2024 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award and is published as a digital and audiobook in partnership with Apple Books and Penguin Random House Canada. Her work has been widely anthologized, including in The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. She is one of the founding editors of Parentheses Journal and lives in Canada.
Snehal Amembal is a freelance writer and poet based in Surrey (UK). Her writing primarily reflects her motherhood journey, memories of her own childhood and the essence of everyday moments which she tries to document on her Facebook page, ‘Notes On The Go’. She has authored three poetry chapbooks, Pause, I Am and In Between Love. Snehal’s debut memoir PapaMa’s Portrait is due to be published this year.
Tsegay Mehari, born in 1986 in Eritrea, discovered his love for poetry early on. His poems were featured on national media from 2006 to 2009. In 2009, he was imprisoned by the Eritrean government for over four years due to its intolerance of free expression. In 2014, Tseggay fled to Sweden after traveling through the Sahara and Mediterranean. A graduate in social psychiatry, he has worked in the field for eight years. He advocates for freedom of expression and has published two books: a poetry collection (2017) and a biographical work (2021), translated into Swedish. For contact: tsegaymehari47@yahoo.com
Abíọ́dún Abdul is a Yorùbá-Nigerian Writer and UNESCO Global Poetry Slam Winner 2022. Her expressive writing includes life essays, diasporic travel stories and an upcoming memoir-polemic series encompassing her schooling across Yorùbá- Nigeria, the UK and Japan. Book 1 is nearing publication and Book 2 comprises her PhD research. She also writes Yorùbá-centred short stories and poetry on social justice as well as topics celebrating our common humanity. Her work has been published in anthologies; she writes/podcasts for literary magazines; performs at literary festivals/events;delivers writing workshops; and presents at academic conferences. Instagram: @abiodunoa
Dana G. Peleg is an English/Hebrew author, poet and translator, as well as a peace activist from her youth, and an LGBTQ+ activist since her own coming out as bi/ pansexual. Her short story collections (Figs, My Love, Shufra, 2000; Wifee, Sial, 2015) and her debut novel, Giantess’ Hand (Catharsis Books, 2024), all published in Hebrew, depict the lives of queer women. She won the 2018 IBBY Certificate of Honor for her Hebrew translation of Anna and the Swallow Man by Gariel Savit. Israeli-born Peleg has been living in California with her partner and son since 2015.
Davinia Hamilton is a Maltese writer and performer based in London. She is the co-author of Blanket Ban, published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, which won the Edinburgh Untapped Award and was a finalist at the Off West End Awards. Her long poem, i cannot speak it but it comes, was published by Ede Books. Her writing has also appeared in several publications, both online and in print, including Salvage, Aphroconfuso, Scintillas: New Maltese Writing 3, and Wet Grain.
Dmitry Blizniuk is a poet from Ukraine. His most recent poems have appeared in Rattle, The Cincinnati Review, The Nation, Prairie Schooner, Plume, The London Magazine, Guernica, Denver Quarterly, Pleiades and many others. A Pushcart Prize nominee, he is also the author of The Red Forest (Fowlpox Press, 2018). His poems have been awarded RHINO 2022 Translation Prize. He lives in Kharkov, Ukraine. Dmitry Blizniuk in the Poets & Writers Directory: http://www.pw.org/directory/writers/dmitry_blizniuk
E. R. Traina is a multi/translingual writer and literary translator based in Cornwall. Her short stories have appeared on Tint Journal and Two Thirds North; her debut novel with music, Amarantha, was published by Kurumuru Books. Her poem 'Giubiana', about another Italian shooting star, is due to appear on the Heroines Anthology Volume 5. She is currently pursuing a PhD while teaching and musing about alternative lives as a musician, librarian, baker and DIY publisher.
Handsen Chikowore is a migrant originally from Zimbabwe. His passion about poetry emerged at the age of ten years. He started writing his poems to the radio and television stations, local magazines, newspapers and journals. He started by writing his poems in the local language Shona and later wrote number poems in English. He see poetry as one of the best ways to express his imagination and realise that poetry opens up opportunities for creativity and squeezes a dose of fun into the critical thinking. Poetry make some fun in his life. It is also a beautiful way for him to express his words with different expression.
Herberth Cea is a Salvadoran poet based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has published two poetry books in Spanish, and his work has been included in several poetry anthologies and magazines across Latin America and the United Kingdom. He is a member of City of Poets and currently is part of the IMIX Refugee journalism mentorship 2025.
Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah is a multilingual poet, multidisciplinary artist, algebraist, journalist, publisher and wanderer. He is the author of more than 19 poetry collections, including Witness. He edits RawPaper, an academic journal. His individual pieces have appeared in more than 500 journals, including JMWW, Constellations, Trampoline, 1-70 Review, Juked, Juke Joint Magazine, Helen Literary Magazine, In Parentheses, etc. He is currently living in Vietnam and Thailand and occasional visits to Colombia and the US.
Jamal Nassari was born on September 18, 1978 in Abadan. He got a B.A in Farsi literature from Chamran University in Ahwaz. He worked as a teacher of Farsi literature in Abadan. At the same time, he continued his studies in Arabic literature until he was awarded a Ph.D from the Science-Research university of Tehran. Jamal Nassari left his country on 23/09/2019 heading to the UK. He currently works in two London schools as an activity leader and an Arabic teacher. In addition, he is Chair of the White Ink Club UK charity that encourages participation in culture and arts across communities. His poetry collections are: When I Die and The Crime.
L.M. is a former journalist who spent seven years as an asylum seeker before finally obtaining her status. Passionate about storytelling, she loves to read and write.
Laura Racioppi holds degrees in International relations and Teaching Italian as a second language. She lives in Southampton where she engages with people seeking safety and refugees through various local projects. Passionate about cultural exchange, she teaches Italian in Winchester and she loves sketching landscapes, streets and moments that catch her eye from her solitary walks.
Nasouh Hossari is an Irish-based poet and artist. Originally from Syria, Nassouh received his education in schools and universities in Damascus. His poems are featured in the Dubylon anthology curated by the International Language Service. His arts exhibitions include ‘Storytelling with Portraits’ in the Ballybough Community centre, as well as in local library as part of Five Lamps Festival, and ‘A Second Home’ in Cloud Café. Nasouh is an active participant and a member of the poetry workshops course in the Ballybough Community Centre.
Nweke, Benard Okechukwu (he/his/him) is a Nigerian poet. He’s the winner of the 2022 Neptune Prime Poetry Prize, also the winner of the 2024 ZODML Poetry Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Akachi Chukwuemeka Literature Prize. He’s a final-year Mass Communication student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. A photographer, and a student leader. His works have appeared in the West Trade Review, Kalahari Review, Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry column, Rogue Agent, The Ballast Journal, The Art Lounge, The Eucalyptus Lit, Poetry Dot Com, Zoetic Press, among others in print.
Living in Leicester for just over four years now, Radidja Niacelem has been writing poems for around seven years, on various themes including her expatriation to England. Her studies in linguistics were very inspiring for her. Previously, Radidja wrote two small self-published collections in French, which she was unable to support because she was leaving one country for another, one language for another.
Sali Bouba Oumarou is a Cameroonian independent scholar and journalist. He lives in Tangiers in northern Morocco, and uses literature to popularise the results of his research, which focuses on the media, migration and peace. He is regularly invited by various organisations to give lectures on his areas of interest.
Sandrine Llouquet is a French-Vietnamese visual artist, born in France, with a Fine Arts degree from Villa Arson in 1999. Her work has been showcased globally, including major exhibitions in Asia, Europe, and the US. From 2000 to 2011, she initiated several alternative art projects in France and Vietnam, co-founding 'Atelier Wonderful', 'Mogas Station', and 'Saigon Creative'. She directed Salon Saigon from 2016 to 2019 and resides in Lisbon, where she opened 'O Gabinete de Madame Thao' in 2021.
Shamim Azad, a full time writer, is well- known in the UK as one of the best poets in Bengali. She has so far published nearly 40 books from various genres, out of which 13 are collections of poetry. Her poems appeared in various literary magazines including The New Yorker, USA. In 2023, Azad received Bangladesh’s highest literary award in poetry - the Bangla Academy Literary Award. She also received the UK's National Lottery Award and the Poet-in-Residence at 'A Poet's Agora', Athens.
Sirajul Islam is a poet, writer and human rights activist. He is a Rohingya, originally from Myanmar. In 2017, he fled to Bangladesh to seek refuge and escape the genocide carried out by the Myanmar military. He has internationally published two collections of poetry. Through poetry, he speaks truth to power, advocates for the rights of his people, strengthens the voice of his community, and brings the Rohingya plight on the global stage.
Sneha Subramanian Kanta is a multilingual creator and academician with fifteen years of international teaching experience. Her collection Hiraeth is an honouree for the 2024 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award and is published as a digital and audiobook in partnership with Apple Books and Penguin Random House Canada. Her work has been widely anthologized, including in The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. She is one of the founding editors of Parentheses Journal and lives in Canada.
Snehal Amembal is a freelance writer and poet based in Surrey (UK). Her writing primarily reflects her motherhood journey, memories of her own childhood and the essence of everyday moments which she tries to document on her Facebook page, ‘Notes On The Go’. She has authored three poetry chapbooks, Pause, I Am and In Between Love. Snehal’s debut memoir PapaMa’s Portrait is due to be published this year.
Tsegay Mehari, born in 1986 in Eritrea, discovered his love for poetry early on. His poems were featured on national media from 2006 to 2009. In 2009, he was imprisoned by the Eritrean government for over four years due to its intolerance of free expression. In 2014, Tseggay fled to Sweden after traveling through the Sahara and Mediterranean. A graduate in social psychiatry, he has worked in the field for eight years. He advocates for freedom of expression and has published two books: a poetry collection (2017) and a biographical work (2021), translated into Swedish. For contact: tsegaymehari47@yahoo.com
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