Yogesh Patel, honoured with an MBE for literature by the late Queen and awarded the Freedom of the City of London, is a poet, publisher, and critic. His work has appeared in The London Magazine, PN Review, World Literature Today, AGNI, and Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi), among others. A recipient of many awards—including the International Pinnacle Accolade Award by Vatayan – Poetry on South Bank, and the Co-Op Prize for poetry on the environment—his poetry is also archived aboard the Moon-bound Polaris and Blue Ghost missions by SpaceX and Firefly Aerospace. A founder of Skylark Publications UK and the Word Masala project, he has performed at the Royal Society of Literature, the National Poetry Library, the House of Lords, NYU, the BBC, and international festivals. He was Poet-of-Honor at NYU in 2019. His latest collection, The Rapids (The London Magazine Editions), received an award, and his poetry film was a winner of The Poetry Archive WorldView Now! 2025. His children’s picture book has been shortlisted for the Faber & Faber FAB Prize 2025. For more details, visit his website: www.patelyogesh.co.uk.