“Years after the suicides of both her father and her sister, @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social writes into the silence to create an engrossing maze of associative fragments that grapple with the extraordinary in the everyday.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards

“In her radical exploration of water, @biidaasamose.bsky.social topples anthropocentrism and conventional ontologies to reveal water in all its forms as a powerful decolonizing force that connects us all.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards

“Combining imagination and narrative, this complex story embodies shadows of absence & love, offering reconstructions of life that provide solace & revelation in the possibility of remembrance & fantasy.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury #VinhNguyen @harpercollins.bsky.social writerstrust.com/WTAwards

“With incredible detail and sharp emotional insight, Tessa McWatt crafts a story that is both intimate and universal, guiding readers through the complexities of memory, belonging, and loss alongside an environment in crisis.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards

“Writing with an elegant blend of emotional clarity and intellectual layering, Omar El Akkad takes a bold stance on the conduits of historical memory and moral posturing.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards

Congrats @NaomiAKlein 4 the #westonprize!"Climate change isn't an 'issue' to add to the list....it is a civilizational wake-up call." YCSTA.