Brighton Book Festival is delighted to collaborate with The Jhalak Prize to introduce you to the winners of the 2025 Jhalak Prizes in Prose, poetry and children in this unique online event.
First awarded in March 2017, the Jhalak Prize awards seek to celebrate books by writers of colour in the UK and Ireland. In 2020, the single award was bifurcated to create a dedicated Jhalak Children’s YA Prize. From 2024, the Jhalak Poetry Prize has been added to the awards portfolio. The awards only accept entries published in the UK and Ireland by writers of colour. The newly inaugurated Jhalak Poetry Prize accepts entries of poetry aimed at adults as well as children and young adults. The prizes are also open to self-published writers.
Previous winners include: Patrice Lawrence, Guy Gunaratne, Maisie Chan, Johny Pitts, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Sabba Khan and Travis Alabanza.
The Prize annually awards £1000 to each winner along with a unique work of art created by artists chosen for the annual Jhalak Art Residency.
