Monika Radojevic [she/her] is a London-born poet, performer and writer, and the youngest ever winner of the Merky Books New Writers’ Prize. Her writing is a continuous exploration of inequality, freedom, womanhood and the messiness of power dynamics. Her dual Brazilian-Montenegrin heritage serves as both inspiration and guidance. Her latest short story collection, A Beautiful Lack of Consequence, was released in March 2025 and her debut novel, Strangerland will be released in early 2026. Monika’s work has been described as a ‘vital contribution to literature’ and ‘uncompromisingly fierce’. She can also be read over on her substack, Aphrodisia.

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Dr Nathalie Teitler [she/her] has promoted inclusivity in British arts, particularly literature, for 30 years. She has a PhD in Latin American literature and has years of experience in developing the British Latinx/Latin American community. She founded UNS British Latinx writers organisation with Argentinian British poet, Leo Boix and they co-edited the first anthology of British Latin writers in English. She was shortlisted for a Sky Arts Award and is currently writing a novel and a novella.