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.
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“The World that Loved Executioners” by Vyacheslav Konoval
It doesn’t matter what your state is, / look at the map / everything is conditional
“Free” by Haro Istamboulian
“You toast to life and love in a clear glass or three while drought dries their kidney as the government bathes in greed / You are not free. “
“Manifesto of the Repressed” by Arathi Menon
“Some people think we are talking bullshit and they may be partially right.”
“I Saw You” by Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
“What else did you see as the water hardened into a mirror? I asked. I saw You”
“Lie Fallow” by Jade Wallace
“Before week’s end, I was healed enough to rejoin the living. I felt my gynecologist had fixed a decades-old, prenatal mistake by sealing up my fallopian tubes and sequestering my ovaries from the rest of my body. “
“Grandma” by Bhuwan Thapaliya
ravaged by walking barefoot on rough terrain / she looked older than her ancestral deity on a hilltop nearby
“If Walls Could Talk” by Kali Fox-Jirgl
“Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knock them down”
“Amalgamation” by Ali Ashhar
Beneath the far horizon there’s a ground; / beyond propaganda and prejudice, / between rain and sunshine
Simple Operations” by Elaine Gao
One plus one equals two. / Black hair plus yellow skin equals Chinese, / who take your orange chicken order / and owns the best massage parlor. / But there’s no place else for your forehead’s crease.
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.