Youth Unfiltered: Winners!

Alice Jun

Alice is a 14-year-old living in Seoul, South Korea. As a stressed freshman, she's currently repeating the process of coming up with ideas, abandoning them, coming up with even worse ones, and then forgetting them. She loves listening to music by Pavement or Radiohead. You'll often catch her fencing, drumming, writing, watching movies, and running ARCHIVE!

Abdullah bin imran

Abdullah Bin Imran is a 15-year-old emerging Pakistani author and poet. He is the author of the Fractured View (self-published, 2025) and We Are the Borders (forthcoming Rockwood Press, September 2026). He is editor-in-chief of a student-led literary journal, The Mzizima Inkpress, and editor at Bubblemagazine and ARCHIVE Youth Journal. His work has been featured on over a dozen publications, including Mobius, Orange Rose and more. He currently lives in Tanzania and is pursuing the IB Diploma Programme.

SAMAIRA S.

Samaira is a 16-year-old who lives in Dublin, Ireland, and loves to travel and discover new places. When she’s at home, you’ll usually find her curled up with a good book, ready with book recommendations for you. She also loves writing and coming up with absurd ideas that rarely make it onto the page.

HAMZA AHMED

Hamza (sometimes Marvi) Ahmed, is an 16 yo Egyptian IGCSE student surviving his first year of homeschooling. He lives in Kuwait and he is extremely bored with his life with no school, so he hoarded hobbies and side-hustles, including: swimming, writing, dancing, sewing, errand-running, embroidery and graphic design. His favorite food is seafood and he loooooovvveeesss mangoes.

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