Aniqah Choudhri Explained

Aniqah Choudhri is a British poet and freelance journalist from Manchester. She won the Moth Poetry Prize in 2022 with her poem "The Unloving Ground".^{[1] [2]} Choudhri has written articles and reviews for Exeunt Magazine,^[3] The New Arab,^[4] Tribune,^[5] The Independent,^[6] and i-D. Her poetry has been published in the anthologies the Bristol Short Story Anthology, Hippocrates Anthology for Poetry and Medicine, and the Lightship Anthology.^[7] Choudhri was on the 2022 longlist for the Rebecca Swift Foundation's Women Poets' Prize.^[8] She has spoken about being diagnosed with mental illness, and its relationship to her work.^[9] She is Muslim and bisexual.^[10]

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1. News: Book news round-up: Aniqah Choudhri wins The Moth Poetry Prize . 2024-08-06 . The Irish Times . en.
2. Web site: Aniqah Choudhri wins Moth Poetry Prize . 2024-08-06 . The Bookseller . En.
3. Web site: Aniqah Choudhri, Author at Exeunt Magazine . 2024-08-06 . Exeunt Magazine.
4. Web site: Choudhri . Aniqah . 2020-01-07 . On my app and at the mosque, I want to hear women recite the Quran . The New Arab.
5. Web site: 2020-11-13 . Aniqah Choudhri . 2024-08-06 . tribunemag.co.uk . en-GB.
6. Web site: Choudhri . Aniqah . 2020-01-22 . Opinion: Fear of racism isn't to blame for the police's failure to stop grooming gangs . 2024-08-06 . The Independent . en.
7. News: Doyle . Martin . 2022-03-02 . Warsan Shire reveals her shortlist for €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize . 2024-08-06 . The Irish Times . en.
8. Web site: Stone . Degna . 2022-09-14 . Women Poets' Prize 2022 - our longlisted poets, in their own words... . 2024-08-06 . Rebecca Swift Foundation . en-GB.
9. Web site: Choudhri . Aniqah . Putting the 'mad artist' myth to bed . 2024-08-06 . Exeunt Magazine.
10. Web site: Choudhri . Aniqah . 2020-03-26 . The loneliness of being queer and Muslim . The New Arab.