Judges

2025 guest judges

Our full line-up of 2025 guest judges will be announced soon! We are delighted to welcome back Alom Shaha and Soofiya.

Alom Shaha

Alom Shaha is a Physics teacher and the author of several books including Mr Shaha’s Recipes for Wonder and Mr Shaha’s Marvellous Machines (Scribe Publications, 2018 & 2021) as well as The Young Atheist’s Handbook (Biteback Publishing 2014) and How to Find a Rainbow. @alomshaha

Soofiya

Soofiya is an illustrator, designer and lecturer who work is principally in the arts, cultural and activist sectors. Soofiya’s art practice and writings aim to articulate a commentary on gender, race, politics and bodies through a DIY and therapeutically informed approach. Their recent work includes the resource, ‘Free Palestine Zine’ and illustrations for Otter Barry’s young reader series, Nikhil and Jay, authored by Chitra Soundar. @soofiya