Momtaza Mehri has won the inaugural Sky Arts Awards for poetry for her debut collection, Bad Diaspora Poems. She was awarded alongside other winners across the spectrum of the arts including Paul Murray who won in the literature category for his novel, The Bee Sting.

The awards were given in a ceremony at the Roundhouse, London, hosted by Joe Lycett, and attended by guests from the arts world including Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Sheila Hancock, Sir Lenny Henry, Grayson Perry, Myleene Klass, Caitlin Moran, David Morrissey and Oti Mabuse.

According to a press release from Sky, the new awards are building on ‘the legacy of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards’ and ‘the ceremony showcased the very best of British and Irish arts and culture.’

Read more about the winners and the ceremony here.