His debut collection, Zebra, published in 2019 with Nine Arches Press, was nominated for the Portico Prize.
[2] Humphreys participated in The Complete Works poets of colour mentoring scheme initiated by Bernardine Evaristo to redress representational invisibility.
The scheme was directed by Dr Nathalie Teitler between 2007 and 2017, during which time 30 poets were mentored.
[3] In 2017, Humphreys was featured in Ten: Poets of the New Generation (Bloodaxe Books).
His poems have been longlisted in the National Poetry Competition and his fiction has been shortlisted three times for the Bridport Prize.