Jhalak Prize

Awards three annual prizes to books by writers of colour in UK. Disrupts publishing, celebrates great writing. A project of the Jhalak Foundation

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Excited to announce our shortlists for the three Jhalak Prize awards:
1. Children's & Young Adult
2. Poetry
3. Prose
In C&YA judge Lanisha Butterfield's words, we "defy anyone – of any age, to browse our shortlist(s) and not find something for them."
#jhalakprizeat10

[Waterstones @Waterstones]

Congratulations to Diana Evans, Fidan Meikle, and Maggie Harris, winners in the Prose, Children's and Poetry categories for this year's @jhalakprize! Find out more about all of them here: https://t.co/RAo5HAjDIh

[Books for Keeps @BooksForKeeps]

@jhalakprize https://t.co/GzSNgHiAgO

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Fidan Meikle for winning the 2026 Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize for #MyNameisSamim.

Many thanks to artist and book illustrator Hoang Giang for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

@Phonicsandbooks @yaba_badoe 💙💙💙

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Delighted to announce the winners of the 10th Jhalak Prize awards:
1. Children's & Young Adult: Fidan Meikle, #MyNameisSamim
2. Poetry: Maggie Harris, #ISingtotheGreenhearts
3. Prose: Diana Evans, #IWanttoTalktoYou
Congratulations to the winners!

[Writing Africa @writingafrica_]

Diana Evans Wins Jhalak Prize 2026
#LiteraryAwards #Prose @jhalakprize
https://t.co/jZzbFgApmW

[Ink Sweat & Tears @InkSweatTears]

To be in the room when this was announced was a joy. We have published Maggie Harris in the past and the IS&T interns have been able to sit in on the judging sessions! A wonderful collection from a shortlist of wonderful poetry books. Congratulations Maggie!

[Ink Sweat & Tears @InkSweatTears]

Huge Congratulations Diana!

[Ink Sweat & Tears @InkSweatTears]

Huge Congratulations. A wonderful event. Fantastic to be there and Fidan's acceptance was lovely!

[Dr Lucy English @Lucyenglish1]

Excited about this event next week 18 June 7pm @BRLSI Especially with the @jhalakprize announcements! @ProfSunnySingh @BathSpaUni @BSUCreativeW @BSUPoetryTeam @BSUGradColl

[LoveReading4Kids @lovereadingkids]

Congratulations to writer, linguist and translator, Fidan Meikle, the 2026 Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize winner for My Name is Samim.
Find out about this heart-breaking yet hopeful middle grade story, and shop now:
https://t.co/ioDRuJXbAZ

@jhalakprize #jhalakprizeat10

[LoveReading @LoveReadinguk]

The winners of the 2026 @jhalakprize are here!
Congratulations Diana Evans, Maggie Harris and Fidan Meikle.

Genre-defying, stunningly beautiful, heart-breaking yet hopeful, find out more and shop the winners here:
https://t.co/PSzLimvE5T

#jhalakprizeat10 #bookprize

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Maggie Harris for winning the 2026 Jhalak Poetry Prize for #ISingtotheGreenhearts.

Many thanks to artist Malak Mattar for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Diana Evans for winning the 2026 Jhalak Prose Prize for #IWanttoTalktoYou.

Many thanks to artist Munir Wakad for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Congratulations to Fidan Meikle for winning the 2026 Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize for #MyNameisSamim.

Many thanks to artist and book illustrator Hoang Giang for creating the unique art that serves as the 'trophy' for the 2026 winner

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

10th Jhalak Prize awards are happening TONIGHT! Shall we get everything done in time?
Send help! Also caffeine!

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

Where Jhalak Prize judges - Ami Rao for Prose, Romalyn Ante for Poetry and Lanisha Butterfield for C&YA pick their absolute favourite reads for @book_tokens. Lots of great #readingrecommendations here:

#yearofreading

https://t.co/ZAWEtC4Gzj

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

@InkSweatTears YIKES! Ten years

[Ink Sweat & Tears @InkSweatTears]

The @jhalakprize winners are announced today and while we are keen to know the winners of the C&YA and Prose Prizes today, we are most excited about the Poetry Prize winner.

#JhalakPrizeat10

[Eve Shi @Eve_Shi]

Our friends at @wasafirimag are currently accepting entries for the 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize! Polish up your fiction, life writing, or poetry and submit now. Deadline 30 June 2026.