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Reclaiming our voice through art.
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Reclaiming our voice through art.

FEN HSU, IHRAM Press artist, speaks about the relationship between Indigenous culture & disability awareness through art.

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Writer Feature: Jadi Campbell
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Writer Feature: Jadi Campbell

The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Jadi Campbell. Jadi Campbell is from Germany / Upstate New York. Jadi is one of IHRAM Press’s treasured writers. In this interview, she shares her musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on her experience with us as an author and activist.

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Artist Feature: Avis Blackbird
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Artist Feature: Avis Blackbird

The Artist’s Notebook: featuring Avis Blackbird. Avis is an Indigenous writer from Vancouver, Canada. She is also one of IHRAM’s treasured artists. In this interview, she shares her musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on her experience with us as an artist and activist.

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Writer Feature: Emma Goldman-Sherman
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Writer Feature: Emma Goldman-Sherman

The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Emma Goldman-Sherman. She’s from the United States and is one of IHRAM Press’s treasured writers. In this interview, she shares their musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on their experience with us as an author and activist.

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Celebrating women in translation month
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Celebrating women in translation month

Celebrating Women in Translation month with Loranne Vella and Sepideh Razmjoo.

Loranne contributed a bold piece in “the Feminine Voice of Malta” anthology, advocating for female writers & translators. Sepideh contributed vulnerable writing and art to “Iranian Women Speak" anthology, fighting for social justice through art.

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Artist Feature: Fen Hsu
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Artist Feature: Fen Hsu

The Artist’s Notebook: featuring Fen Hsu, an artist from the United States.

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Award Nominees

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 2025

    “Mother of the Nation,” by Rebecca Threewit.

    “Diving in the Canal,” by Celine W.

    “Feathers” by Jess A.

    “Our Reflections” by Safiya Lunat.