A space that celebrates and uplifts up-and-coming authors and artists from all over the world. A blog that provides readers with unique perspectives on issues of human rights.
IHRAM Blog
Plastic by Hec Lampert-Bates
“There’s a man eating plastic on 6th and Green. I walked past him four times this week…”
No Equal(ity) by Susan Lin
They razed sugarcane fields / to erect the bones that formed / our neighborhood schools
“Taxonomy of Identity” by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi
Hierarchy is in the numbers / and here we do not count ghosts.
“In Memory of Ekondo-Titi” by TIMB Sara Augustine Laurence"
“Forged of the golden and silver light of your dreams, you take the road little taken, But don't go gently into that good night. Rage! Rage!“
“Barcode: Embargo” by Lena Petrović
“The solitary pickle jar whets aching appetite, stirs anger, propels unrest.”
¿Y Qué Hacer? by Claire Joysmith
Questions burst into life / as the relentless future / seeds in our now.
A Call for New Names by Amina Akinola
My origin traces back to whispers. / Scattered rose brambles and buds that cannot share their stories.
Award Nominees
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2025
“The Right to Sit Crooked” by Đặng Thân, Vietnam;
“The Weight of Inheritance” by Irene W. Collins, Nigeria;
“On Walking a Crosscut From Girlhood to Womanhood” by Bella Victor Nigeria;
“The Homeless” by Mohsen Hosseinkhani (translated by Tahereh Safaei), Iran;
“The Ones Who Stayed Behind” by Amal Hasan, Jordan;
“Feathers” by Jess A, United States.
2024
“Instruction Manual: Sheets of Desire” by Miriam Calleja, Malta;
“The Hollow” by Pacella Chukwuma-Eke, Nigeria;
“To Bury A Curious Girl” by Amirah Al Wassif, Egypt;
“Savio” by Rigel Portales, Philippines;
“Nani’s Chai” by Navin Desai, United States;
“Fifteen” by Ana Reisens, Spain
2023
Edward Edmond Eduful, Ariana Lee, Mackenzie Duan, Alyza Taguilaso, Marcus Ugboduma and Simon Thaddeus Tsaga
2022
Joanna Cockerline, Alex Stein, AlfredoSalvatore Arcilesi, Luiza Louback, Joshua Effiong, Kristin W. Davis
2021
Laneikka Denne, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Sunday Obiageli, Esther Iyanuoluwa, Dean Gessie, Ashley Sophia
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2025
“Should You Trust a Fish” by Wyley Fröhlich Jungerman
“These Dark Summer Days” by Julio Puente García
“Men Who Are Strong” by Jon Negroni
2024
“Chamelemom” by Nathaniel Spencer-Cross;
“Green Door” by Kathleen Hellen;
“Quaking” by Kimberly W. Heiman
2023
Tyler Hein, Hec Lampert-Bates, Lena Petrović, Kashvi Ramani
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2025
“The Dead Frog in My Garden” by Twisha Patel
“Between Onlys and Somewheres” by Jozsef Cariste
2024
“Red Red Roses” by Jadi Campbell, Germany and United States;
“Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is Terrorism Against Women’s Bodies” by Nagasha Martina, Uganda
2023
Ian Stewart
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2025
“Mother of the Nation,” by Rebecca Threewit.
“Diving in the Canal,” by Celine W.
“Feathers” by Jess A.
“Our Reflections” by Safiya Lunat.