Jay Mitra

Jay Mitra (they/them) is a British Indian punk poet, multi slam champion, and freelance music journalist from Yorkshire, now based in London. They were selected as one of Apples & Snakes’ 40 Future Voices in Poetry and were a winner of the Creative Future Writers’ Award in Non-Fiction in 2023. They have been featured on BBC Radio 6 and BBC Radio 3’s The Verb, and have also performed in BBC’s Contains Strong Language, Hit the Ode, Leeds Literature Fest, Manchester Pride, and Manchester Punk Festival. Jay has also lectured about their dissertation on 'Decolonising Punk Poetry' at Queen Mary's University at All Borders Blur Conference. Currently, they work as an English teacher freelance as a writer and facilitator. You can find out more about them on social media @punkofcolour.