Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Artists and Fellow.
We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 for Literature Jury Members are:
Raymond Antrobus
Raymond Antrobus is the author of ‘The Perseverance’, ‘All The Names Given’, ‘Signs, Music’ and ‘The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound’.
Imtiaz Dharker
Imtiaz Dharker is a poet, artist and video film-maker, awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014, Chancellor of Newcastle University since 2020. Her seven collections, all published by Bloodaxe Books, include Over the Moon and the latest, Shadow Reader. Her poems have featured on BBC radio, television, the London Underground, Glasgow billboards and Mumbai buses. She has had eleven solo exhibitions of drawings and scripts and directs video films, mostly for non- government organisations working in the area of shelter, education and health for women and children in India.
Ted Hodgkinson
Ted Hodgkinson is Head of Literature and Spoken Word at the Southbank Centre, Europe’s largest arts centre. He was formerly online editor at Granta magazine and literature programmer and communications manager at the British Council. He has judged numerous literary awards, including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and RSL Encore Award. In 2020 he chaired the judging panel of the International Booker Prize. He is a trustee of English PEN and New Writing North.
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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.
The Literature Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2026, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2026, with all Shortlisted Artists each awarded £1,000.
The Literature Award is supported by The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.
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