Ismim Putera is a poet and writer from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. His works can be found in many online journals and anthologies, including To Let the Light In: An Anthology of Life and Death, Instincts: Asian Speculative Poetry 2021, Colours of Tapestry 2: Stories from Asia, Unsaid: An Asian Anthology, and recently in The Big Book of Malaysian Horror Stories and A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic. ‘Durian Blossoms’ won third place in the 7th Singapore Poetry Contest (2021), ‘Jantina’ was longlisted for the Malaysian Poetry Competition (2021) and Of Dugong and Seagrasses was shortlisted in the Blue-White Dot Short Story Writing Competition (2023). Nipah Nightmares, his debut novel, was published in 2023.
