The Wise Owl was born on 01st Nov 2021 with the objective of providing a free platform for upcoming poets, writers and artists. It has also been featuring interviews of creative wizards who have acted as creative mentors to literary wannabes. Scroll through our gallery of literary & Artistic greats.

The Wise Owl Wall of Fame

Booker Prize Winner 2023

Paul Lynch, an internationally acclaimed, prize-winning author of five novels: He was awarded the Booker Prize 2023 for his novel, Prophet Song, .Also winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2018,

Mona (Susan) Power

Longlisted for National Book Award 2023

Mona Susan Power has authored four books of fiction, including The Grass Dancer (a National Bestseller awarded a PEN/Hemingway Prize). Her new novel A Council of Dolls, was longlisted for the National Book Award 2023.

Manju Kapur

Awarded the Commonwealth Prize

Manju Kapur, an award-winning writer and former Professor at Delhi University. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, won her the Commonwealth Prize for First Novels (Eurasia Section in 1995) and went on to become a bestseller in India, United States and England

Paul Murray

Awarded Koizumi Yakumo Literary Prize

Murray's first biography, A Fantastic Journey: The Life and Literature of Lafcadio Hearn won the 1995 Koizumi Yakumo Literary Prize in Japan & Lord Mayor of Dublin’s Prize in the same year. Bram Stoker,

Garry Gay

Creator of poetic genre Rengay

Garry Gay created the poetic genre rengay and has published several books of rengay, some in collaboration with other renowned rengay poets.

Jayne Anne Phillips

Pulitzer Prize winner 2024

Jayne Anne Phillips, a renowned author , was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024 for her book, Night Watch. She has authored eight critically acclaimed books.

Eliot Duncan

Longlisted for National Book Award 2023

Eliot is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop where he was a Truman Capote Fellow. His debut novel, PONYBOY (Norton and Footnote) was published in June 2023 and is a National Book Award nominee

Shinie Antony

Winner of Commonwealth Short Story Asia prize

Shinie Antony, a writer, editor and columnist based in Bengaluru. Her novels include The Girl Who Couldn't Love, Can’t, and Eden Abandoned: The Story of Lilith.A collection of essays co-edited with AT Boyle, exObjects: The Art of Holding On, Letting Go, will be out this year.

ai li

Creator of poetic genres, cherita, gembun & dua.

ai li is the creator of Japanese genres cherita, gembun & dua. is also the editor of the cherita, founding editor and publisher of still, moving into breath and dew-on-line.

Roger Frappier

Film Producer

Producer of Oscar Winning Film 'The Power of the Dog', adapted from Thomas Savage's book of the same name.

Arundhathi Subramaniam

A renowned Writer & Poet

Honoured with awards like the Sahitya Akademi Award, the International Piero Bigongiari Prize and many others. She is a well-know & critically acclaimedpoet & writer

Abhay K

Poet-Diplomat

Honoured with many awards for his poetry collections. His recent release Monsoon won critical acclaim. His latest release is a collection of poems called Stray Poems.

Kazim Ali

Poet, Novelist & Essayist

Currently a Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Sky Ward, won Ohioana Book Award in Poetry & The Far Mosque, won Alice James Books’ New York Award.

Trish Hopkinson

Poet & Literary Arts Advocate

Authored several chapbooks viz. Emissions, Footnote , Almost Famous. Encourages growth of small presses and literary journals that offer a free platform for upcoming poets and writers.

Raghu Rai

Father of Indian Photography

An iconic photographer who has been honoured for his achievements and has authored as many as 50 books.

Tabish Khair

Eminent Writer

Currently Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Author of several award-winning novels. The Body By the Shore is the latest release.

Will Burns

Poet, Musician & Novelist

Lives in Buckinghamshire and is currently Poet-In-Residence at Caught By The River. He was named as one of The Observer’s Top 10 Debut Novelists of 2021 for his debut novel, The Paper Lantern.

Namita Gokhale

Novelist & Co-founder of Jaipur Literature Festival

Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by the India’s National Academy of Letters in 2021 for her novel Things to Leave Behind. Co-founder and co-director of Jaipur Literature Festival with William Dalrymple.

JR Thorp

Writer, Lyricist and Librettist

She was ranked as one of The Observer‘s top 10 debut novelists of 2021. Her debut novel, Learwife, was a 2021 Waterstones Book of the Year & was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize.

Sanjay Bahadur

Novelist-Bureaucrat

His debut novel, The Sound of Water, was longlisted for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize 2007. His third novel Bite of the Black Dogs, has been optioned for a feature film

Sharmila Ray

Poet-Writer

An Associate Professor and Head of the Department of History at City College, Kolkata. Authored 8 poetry collections viz. With Salt And Brine and Scrawls and Scribbles, among others.

Ranjita Biswas

Writer, Translator & journalist

Her translated works, Written in Tears won the Best Translation Prize in English from Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, in 2017.

Alan Summers

Poet of Japanese Genres & Editor

Multi-award-winning poet of haiku and related genres and the editor-in-chief of The Haiku Reader. Founding editor of Blo͞o Outlier Journal.

Amanda Huggins

Poet & Writer

Award-winning poet and writer from Yorkshire. Author novellas Crossing the Lines and All Our Squandered Beauty, which won the Saboteur Award.

The Singh Twins

British contemporary Artists

Received many awards including an MBE for ‘Services to the Indian miniature tradition of painting within Contemporary Art. & UK Asian Achievers Award

David Zinn

Street Artist & illustrator

He has authored three books on street art viz. Underfoot Menagerie, The Chalk Art Handbook and Chance Encounters.

Kiran Soni Gupta

Artists, Sculptor & Photographer

Her artworks, ‘Pooja Times’ and ‘Shelters,’ were exhibited at the Louvre, Paris in 2012, 2013 and 2017. Also honoured with ‘Indian Iconic Women’s Award.

Daisy Rockwell

Writer, Translator & Artist

A writer and translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, she was awarded the International Booker Prize 2022 for her translation of Shree's Tomb of Sand.

Audrey Magee

Novelist

A writer whose book ‘The Colony’ has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2022.

Graeme Macrae Burnet

Award-winning Novelist

Burnet's novel Case Study was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022. It was also been shortlisted for the Ned Kelly International Crime Prize. He is a prolific writer.

Mike Rehling

Haiku poet

Rehling resides in Presque Isle, Michigan. He is the founder and editor of Failed haiku. HaikuHut’s Short Stuff, Tanka Society’s Kernels and Cattails, and Under the Bashō

Tanushree Podder

A travel writer & Novelist

Author of 16 novels across different genres. The first Indian novelist to pen a Cli Fi thriller, Decoding the Feronia Files. Her books in the Military genre are being adapted for a web series.

Harley Brown

A Canadian Artist

An artist best known for his realistic and beautiful depictions of Native Americans in traditional dress. Authored Confessions of a Starving Artist’, & ‘Harley Brown’s Eternal Truth for Every Artist’

Taban Peter Pal

Young Artist

A self-taught 17-year-old freelance artist from South Sudan, who excels in realistic portraits. He describes his work as ‘Hyper realistic pencil drawings.

Kerry Ann Lyons

A fine Art wildlife & Pop Artist

A fine art wildlife & pop artist based in Oxfordshire, New England. Kerry has brought to life celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Audrey Hepburn etc.

Rachel Brownlee

A Charcoal Artist

A Nebraska based artist who specialises in extreme high realism large format charcoal artwork. She portrays western life in an honest and even discordant manner

Jim Kacian

Poet, Editor, publisher & filmmaker

An American haiku poet, editor, translator, publisher, organizer, filmmaker, public speaker, theorist and archivist.

Michael Dylan Welch

A renowned haiku poet

He is a cofounder of Haiku North America and the American Haiku Archives, and founder of the Tanka Society of America.

Manil Suri

Award-winning Novelist

The author of The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math, as well as three internationally acclaimed novels,

Lydia Millet

a renowned Novelist

An author and environmentalist who has written more than a dozen novels She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Kevin Simmonds

A writer & Musician

A writer and a musician who has authored several books including the hybrid poetry and essay collection The Monster I am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse (2021).

Alice Teeter

A poet, an advocate of art and literature

Alice has authored several poetry collections including String Theory which won the Georgia Poetry Society’s 2008 Charles B. Dickson Chapbook Contest.

Sean O'Connor

Award winning Irish Author

Irish author specializing in haibun, haiku, and zuihitsu. He is founder and editor of The Haibun Journal, a twice-yearly print publication dedicated to the haibun form.

Richard Grahn

An American Poet & artist

An expert in the Japanese genres of poetry and founder & editor of drifting-sands-haibun.org. Richard is also a fabulous artist, sculptor and photographer.

Sandra Anfang

A poet & artist

A California-based poet, teacher, and artist. She was nominated for a Best Short Fictions award, Best of the Net, & a Pushcart Prize, as well as for 2023 George Garrett Award

Sudeep Sen

Award-winning poet & writer

Sudeep Sen, a prolific, award-winning poet, translator, and editor. Sen is the editorial director of AARK ARTS and editor of Atlas

Susan Rich

Award-winning poet, editor & essayist

Susan Rich, an award-winning poet, editor and essayist. She is co-founder & co-director of Poets On the Coast.

Matt Atkinson

An artist from Colorado

Matt Atkinson, a Colorado-based artist whose work is found in collections all over North America and Europe.

Kelli Russell Agodon

Award-winning American Poet & writer

Kelli Russell Agodon, an award-winning American poet & writer who has authored 6 books- Fire on her Tongue Anthology (2012), among others,

Kanwar Dinesh Singh

Poet, writer & Critic

Kanwar Dinesh Singh, a well-known poet, storyteller, translator, critic and a prominent voice in the field of contemporary Indian writing in English.

Sangeeta Gupta

An acclaimed Artist, bi-lingual poet & filmmaker

Sangeeta Gupta, an acclaimed artist, bilingual poet and documentary film-maker. She has to her credit 36 solo & 200 group exhibitions

Babeesh Anela

Traditional Mural artist from India

Babeesh Aneela, a traditional mural artist from Kerela (India) has work exhibited in prestigious galleries & venues in India & abroad.

Cecilia Woloch

An American Poet writer & Performer

Cecilia Woloch, a U.S.-born poet, writer, teacher, and performer based in Los Angeles has won many honors including Fulbright fellowship.

Kohei Yoshihara

An illustrator & printmaker

Kohei Yoshihara, a selftaught illustrator & printmaker from Tokyo, Japan, follows his Muse, even as he holds down a demanding corporate job

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