The winner of The Michael Jacobs Travel Writing Award 2025

At the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias in January 2025 Joseph Zárate of Peru was announced as the winner of the Award for his planned book, Todo nace en el agua y muere en ella. Un viaje por el río Amazonas del siglo XXI - Everything is Born in Water and Dies in It. A Journey Along the Amazon River in the 21st Century.