finalist in Rabindranath Tagore Prize 2023
‘chronicles of entering my body’ has been shortlisted in the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize. This prize is a literary honor in India conferred annually to published works of Indian authors (residing in India or abroad) in novel, short stories, poetry and...
unripe fruit at the window – COMING SOON!
'unripe fruit at the window' is a full-length book of poems and artworks (a Red River Publication) by Rupam Baoni.trailer praise for 'unripe fruit at the window'Language, in Baoni’s deft hands, turns to liquid – blood, tears, rivers – and flows between...
Judge at the Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge, October 2025
Rupam co-judged with Timothy Green an international ekphrastic poetry competition inspired by her painting ‘lyrical abstraction’ published in the Rattle magazine, October 2025.
four artworks and poems in ‘The Riveraine Muse’
ISSUE 1/ JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2025 Four artworks accompanied by their respective ekphrastic haiku poems featured in the January-February 2025 Issue of ‘The Riveraine Muse’.
‘Sacred Art Space’ International Art exhibition
Two paintings with their accompanying haiku selected alongside eighty artists in the International exhibition “Sacred Art Space – Dialogue Between Polish and Indian Culture” (travelling across India and Europe). ‘as an artist I am constantly trying to liberate the...
three poems in Oxford Magazine Issue 459
Three poems from Rupam’s forthcoming collection ‘decolonising the broken heart’ featured in Oxford Magazine Issue 459 edited by Jane Griffiths.and you say she’s gone for good (for Jane Kenyon) the cyclonetook your home and yourwits last monsoon butthat’s not true –...
before the anointing
The poem ‘before the anointing’ from Rupam’s forthcoming collection ‘decolonising the broken heart’ published in Wasafiri Volume 38, Issue 3 “Politically conscious in a different way, Rupam Baoni’s poem ‘before the anointing’ is a claustrophobically layered...
longlisted in the 4th Estate Short Story Prize 2022
The short story ‘Anatomy of Separation’ longlisted in the Guardian and 4th Estate Short Story Prize 2022. ‘Anatomy of Separation’ is the title story from Rupam’s forthcoming short story collection. Based on real friends’ lives, it is a story about a transgender...
poetry reading at the National Poetry Library
Southbank Centre, National Poetry Library, Level 5, Blue Side, Royal Festival Hall.Wednesday 3 August 2022, 8pm.www.southbankcentre.co.uk A poetry and dance performance organised in collaboration with The Hypatia Trust and Makina Books. In performances interspersed...
Melissa Hardie-Budden Tribute Night
‘chronicles of entering my body’ book launch (in-person)
The launch of ‘chronicles of entering my body’ at The Hypatia Trust with a Q&A hosted by Linda Cleary.
shortlisted in Wasafiri Queen Mary New Writing Prize 2020
‘bone journey’ from ‘chronicles of entering my body’ in the top five finalists of the Wasafiri Queen Mary New Writing Prize.
shortlisted in Bridport Poetry Prize 2020
‘bone island’ from ‘chronicles of entering my body’ shortlisted in the Bridport Poetry Prize 2020.
