Yasmin Zaher is this year's winner with her novel, The Coin, a bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman’s unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind.
Yasmin Zaher is a Palestinian journalist and writer born in Jerusalem. The Coin is her first novel.
Awarded for the best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under, the Dylan Thomas Prize celebrates the international world of fiction in all its forms. On the Prize’s 20th anniversary, join us to celebrate the 2025 winner in conversation with Elaine Canning, writer and Dylan Thomas Prize Director.
The longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 is: Mosab Abu Toha, Forest of Noise; Emma Glass, Mrs Jekyll; Jo Hamya, The Hypocrite; Seán Hewitt, Rapture’s Road; Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits Andrew McMillan, Pity; Lottie Mills, Monstrum; Ruthvika Rao, The Fertile Earth; Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep; Rebecca Watson, I Will Crash; Eley Williams, Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good; and Yasmin Zaher, The Coin.
