Memoona Zahid

Since the module, Memoona helped out at UPP as an editorial assistant providing readers reports on a selection of Burmese short stories for Strangers Press and devised a submissions process for Boiler House Press.​

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• Editor and Poet

• Based in London, UK 

• She has gained experience writing copy, editing and proofreading

• Degree in English with Creative Writing from Goldsmiths

• MA in Creative Writing: Poetry at UEA

• Her writing has been published in a range of print and online publications and she regularly reads her poetry at events.

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A creative and thoughtful writer and meticulous editor who developed as part of the course a concept for Human Underwater, an anthology of poetry written in response to the climate crisis by womxn and non-binary poets of colour. She is passionate about editing and publishing work which illuminates the multi-dimensionality of different voices.