Hyderabad, Sept. 29 -- Mubashira Patel, a 26-year-old Sociology student at Mumbai University, has been declared the winner of the 2025 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize.
She was chosen from among 126 contestants by a jury comprising poet and Almost Island founder-editor Sharmistha Mohanty, along with two faculty members from the Department of English, University of Hyderabad UoH. The jury also gave a special mention to Abhilipsa Sahoo.
Mubashira, who began writing poetry at the age of eight, is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Sociology.
Describing herself as "a literature aficionado, an amateur philosopher, and a newly published poet," Mubashira said her academic interests focus on marginal voices and cultural memory.
Her poetry,...