Maddy was a Literary Fiction awardee of the 2025 London Writers Award, a ten month writing development programme for underrepresented writers, run by the London Writers Centre (formerly Spread the Word).

From left to right, J. Lian Ho, Lishani Ramanayake, Jose Ignacio Narciso, Meher Iqbal, Maddy Accalia, Laila Obeidat

Photography by Kashif Haque