Jay Mitra
Jay Mitra (they/he) is a British Indian punk poet, multi slam champion, and freelance journalist from Hull, currently based in London. Jay was a founding member of Hull's poetry collective No Larkin About and is also an alumni of Manchester poetry collective Young Identity. They were selected as one of Apples & Snakes’ 40 Future Voices in poetry and were a winner of the Creative Future Writers’ Award in 2023. Jay was joint-third place in the Roundhouse Slam 2023 and is currently a member of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective 2024. Their poetry has been published in Acumen Poetry, Drawn To The Light Press, Streetcake Magazine and Broken Sleep Books’ Queer Icons anthology. He has been featured on BBC Radio 6 and BBC Radio 3’s The Verb and has also performed in BBC’s Contains Strong Language, Hit the Ode, Leeds Literature Fest, Manchester Pride, and Manchester Punk Festival. Currently, they are working as an English teacher and freelancing as a writer and facilitator. You can find out more about them on Instagram and Twitter @punkofcolour.
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