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Awards Won by Aun Haider

‘Melanin’ Won 1st Prize for the Race Equality Competition held at Nelson and Colne College

“I wrote ‘Melanin’ for the Race Equality Competition held and Nelson and Colne College in 2020. I was seventeen and in college at the time and the racial tensions that were rife in America were also felt globally by people from all over the world due to social media.
This poem was written around the time of the Black Lives Matter movement and was written by me [Aun Haider] during it. As an ethnic minority myself I was able to write about this issue from the perspective of a person of colour.
‘Melanin’ is a powerful piece that reminds everyone just how valuable diversity is.”
-Aun Haider

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Award-Winning Poems

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    'Melanin'

    Won 1st Place at the Race Equality Competition that included entries for art and poetry in 2021.

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    'Pilots'

    Won 1st Place for International Women’s Day Competition at Nelson and Colne College and also won 1st Place again for the Eco-Feminism Best Poetry Award in London in 2024.

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    'Isabelline', 'Reverie' and 'Lost in Limbo'

    ‘Isabelline’ and ‘Reverie’ were published in the Poetry and Drama Anthology titled ‘The Looking Glass Anthology Volume Thirteen’ at the University of York which consists of poems that were all written by students at the University of York. ‘Lost in Limbo’ was then published the year after in the same anthology but for Volume Fourteen.

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    'Rhododendron' and 'Song of the Earth'

    ‘Rhododendron’ and ‘Song of the Earth’ were published in the ‘Birds of a Feather’ Zine by Lancashire County Council.

‘Pilots’ Won the ‘Best Poetry Award’ for the Eco-Feminism Competition in London in 2024.

“I wrote ‘Pilots’ for International Women’s Day and the poem won twice, it won at college for the International Women’s Day Competition at Nelson and Colne College in 2022 which was a competition that both students and staff participated in.
In then won again, in March 2024 for the Eco-Feminism Best Poetry Award in London.
I wrote it about the struggles women used to face in society and made it a poem about equality and how different and complimentary men and women are to one another. I also wrote it as a man appreciating women.” - Aun Haider

  • "Keep writing from the heart, you have a gift mate."

    —A Reddit User who Red ‘Milk of the Clouds’

  • "I really liked 'Reverie!'"

    —An Audience Member & Fellow Performer at an Open Mic Night

  • "A Prolific Poet"

    —Ajaz Qureshi

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