Isabella Mead Husain’s debut pamphlet Dear Rwanda was published in 2023 with Live Canon. She has won 9 poetry competitions including the Wells (2019), Bedford (2020), the Julian Lennon Poetry Prize (2021), Ver (2022), Telegraph (2022) and Prole Laureate (2022). She has been twice Highly Commended in the Bridport Prize, longlisted for the National Poetry Competition and was a 2021 Brotherton finalist. Her poetry has appeared in Mslexia, Magma, The Telegraph, Ink Sweat & Tears and Anacapa Review. She is Artistic Director & Joint CEO of the Poetry School, and a Trustee of Jane Austen House. In April 2024 she was Poet in Residence at Spitzbergen Arts Centre in Svalbard.