Ajla Dizdarević

Ajla Dizdarević has worked as an editor and educator in the United States and Europe. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Southword, The Hopkins Review, Conduit, and others. Her translations of Serbian poetry have been published or are forthcoming in Asymptote JournalExchanges, and MAYDAY Magazine. She is the recipient of a David Hamilton Prize, a scholarship from the Department of Cultural Affairs, and a Fulbright grant. Her full-length poetry manuscript was a finalist for the 2025 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and the 2025 Michael Waters Poetry Prize. She was a finalist for the 2023 PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship and received an honorable mention for a 2024 Academy of American Poets Prize. Two of her poems were shortlisted for the 2024 Bridport Poetry Prize. Ajla loves hamsters and rabbits and currently has two bunnies: a double-maned lionhead (Lada) and a Holland Lop (Chippy).