PREVIOUS WINNERS

A compilation of winning entries, The Genocide Memorial Day Anthology, is available to buy and download as a PDF here or in hard copy here. A substantial school discount is available for bulk orders. All profits from sales will be donated to the IHRCT Rohingya Fund.

Winners

Lies cost Lives by Sofia Wilson

Holocaust by Emily Gadd

The House by Poppy Crossland

Reminiscence by Aferdita Hasani

Stand By by Anisha Mehta

Ship 1971 by Tarzina Khatun

Who Am I by Frano Vainio-Doiseul

Runners Up

Paper Flower not the Serpent by Amy Wildman

Their Hate by Imad Ahmed-web

We’re not the Same by Athisham Husain-web

Genocide through History by Jasper Bardsley

The Calm Before the Storm by Elise Scotney

I still remember the days by Saba Ahmadzadeh-Noughani

So Great is Humanity by Joshua Couchman

What am I by Mustafa Mohamed

Life by Nawal Ibrahim

The sub human by Ifrah Bukhari

My Hazara People by Shukria Rezaei

One dimension by Luqman Reza

Am I hit? by Maya Williams

Word.Paper.Blood.Wall by Muskah Walizadeh

Highly Commended

Blowing Blood by Rabiah Azzez

Blood in the Water by William Bloomfield and William Moss

Lost Cause by Sarah Mumin

The raging beasts by Maryam Yusuf

Not so long ago by Humairaa Patel

JUDGES

A panel comprising poets, artists, community figures and an IHRC officer judged the poems above each year. Previous judges have included poets Narjis Khan, Sanasiino, Zainab Ali, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Mizan the Poet and Ibrahim Sincere and community figures like Bruce Kent.