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The people behind the Best American Essays nominations.
Read more about real stories and inspirations. Here’s who we nominated for the Best American Essays prize, and congratulations to all nominees — good luck!
Sharing solidarity with Disability History Month (UK)
Enduring Voices Literary Magazine is a personal and vulnerable magazine dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices and stories. It grows awareness and empathy for people living with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and neurodivergence. And people are talking about it.
The people behind the Best American Short-Stories nominations.
Read more about real stories and inspirations. Here’s who we nominated for the Best American Short-Stories prize, and congratulations to all nominees — good luck!
The people behind the Pushcart Prize nominations.
Read more about real stories and inspirations. Here’s who we nominated for the Pushcart prize, and congratulations to all nominees — good luck!
Writer Feature: Annie Wesley
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Annie Wesley. Annie is a Muskego Cree from Northern Ontario. She 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.
Writer Feature: Nathaniel Spencer-Cross
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Nathaniel Spencer-Cross, an author from Canada. He shares his musings and aspirations.
Writer Feature: Jordan Redekop-Jones
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones. Jordan is a Canadian, Mixed-Indigenous winner of the 2024 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence for Poetry and the 2024 Indigenous Voices Award in the unpublished poetry category. She shares her musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on her experience with us as an author and activist.
Artist Feature: Luis Pedro Picasso
The Artist’s Notebook: featuring Luis Pedro Picasso. Luis is a graphic designer and illustrator from Uruguay. He is one of IHRAM’s treasured artists. In this interview, he shares his musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on his experience with us as an artist and activist.
Writer Feature: Raymond Sewell
The Writer’s Notebook: featuring Raymond Sewell. Raymond is one of IHRAM Press’s treasured writers. In this interview, they share their musings, inspiration, and honest thoughts on their experience with us as an author and activist.
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.