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Launched in 2006, the Swansea University Intl. Dylan Thomas Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards for young writers in the world.
Swansea, UK
Joined August 2010
🎉 The 2025 winner of the prestigious @SwanseaUni Dylan Thomas Prize is YASMIN ZAHER for her brilliant, 'borderless' debut novel, 'The Coin.' 🏆. Congratulations to Yasmin and all at @WeAreFootnote! . 📰 . #SUDTP25
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🎉 Congratulations to Leen @TerraceRoad for coming 3rd in the English language category of our recent 'My Holiday Memories' @DyddDylanDay #DylanDay competition. Seen here with one of her goody bag prizes along with Mrs. Evans, Ms. Williams, and Prize director, @elaine_canning.
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Prize patron Jeff Towns (@dylanthomasguy) spoke to @huwstephens on @BBCRadioWales about his new book 'The Wilder Shore of Dylan Thomas' As with all of Jeff's books, it offers a fascinating insight into the late writer's life. Listen from (1:20:40)
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RT @JLFLitfest: Drawing from their experiences in the field of journalism, Reeta Chakrabarti and Yasmin Zaher, in conversation with Keshava….
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🎊 Congratulations to Yael van der Wouden on winning the @WomensPrize for fiction for the stunning, 'The Safekeep'. She's pictured here with our 2025 winner, Yasmin Zaher ('The Coin') and @elaine_canning (Director, Dylan Thomas Prize).
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@AmnestyUK @SwanseaUni @Culture_SwanUni @elaine_canning @MyUniSwansea @Swansea_Alumni @LitWales @BCouncil_Wales @LlangatwgSchool @YPantSchool @whs_cardiff @TonyrefailCS @bryntawe @YsgolYstalyfera All seven of the participating schools showcased their hard-hitting and thought-provoking poems at a brilliant 3 hour special event at the @The_Waterfront on 13th May.
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@AmnestyUK @SwanseaUni @Culture_SwanUni @elaine_canning @MyUniSwansea @Swansea_Alumni @LitWales @BCouncil_Wales .@LlangatwgSchool, @YPantSchool, St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School, @whs_cardiff, @TonyrefailCS, @bryntawe, and @YsgolYstalyfera created incredible works during a series of workshops over recent months.
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DylanED has been engaged in 'Words that Burn' with schools across south Wales in collaboration with the Rhys Davies Trust and @AmnestyUK. Empowering young people to learn about human rights and feel valued as poets and change makers. Learn more, here:
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Our 2025 winner Yasmin Zaher ('The Coin') will be at @JaipurLitFest London at the @britishlibrary on 15th June for a very special session with fellow debut novelist and journalist @reetacbbc ('Finding Belle'). For weekend/day/online passes, please visit:
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Yasmin Zaher's conversation with Prize director @elaine_canning at @hayfestival is now available to listen to via the festival's brilliant 'Anytime' service. For just £20 for an annual subscription you can access a world of previous Hay festival content!
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'I set out to write a novel that was fun and sexy, but the past and painful present was coming up for me – I had to submit to that' . A brilliant, open and insightful interview in @guardian with our 2025 winner Yasmin Zaher.
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A final flourish of photos from yesterday's fantastic day at @hayfestival! We are so thankful to have had so many turn up to hear from Yasmin Zaher, this year's worthy winner of our prize. #SUDTP25
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A wonderful hour spent in the company of our 2025 winner, Yasmin Zaher at @hayfestival! Such fascinating, honest, and detailed answers to a varied range of searching questions from Prize director, @elaine_canning. #SUDTP25 #HayFestival
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Wonderful insight delivered to the @hayfestival 'writers at work' group into the workings and creative process of our 2025 winner, Yasmin Zaher. #SUDTP25 #HayFestival
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Today we are at the brilliant @hayfestival with our 2025 winner Yasmin Zaher in conversation with Prize director @elaine_canning from 2:30pm (Info below) You'll be pleased to know that there are plenty of copies of the magnificent 'The Coin' in the festival bookshop! #SUDTP25
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See you tomorrow @hayfestival! . Get your tickets here: #SUDTP25.
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🎧 OUT NOW! Hear an exclusive interview with Yasmin Zaher, author of 'The Coin', then shortlisted for, and now WINNER of the 2025 prize. Zaher is in conversation with @swanseauni English Literature students Martha Watt and Ffion Davies. ▶️ #SUDTP25
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🎧 OUT NOW! Hear an exclusive interview with Eley Williams, author of 'Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good', previously shortlisted for 2025 prize. Williams is in conversation with @swanseauni English Literature student Bethan Taylor. ▶️ #SUDTP25
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🎧 OUT NOW! Hear an exclusive interview with Rebecca Watson, author of 'I Will Crash', previously shortlisted for 2025 prize. Watson is in conversation with @swanseauni English Literature students Paris Palmer and Sara Bray. ▶️ #SUDTP25
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