The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction
The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction is a short story award to
promote science fiction and related genres of writing in Pakistan.
The scope is broad and will include every thing from regular
science fiction and steampunk to magical realism and
weird fiction.
Submissions for the 2026 Salam Award for English Imaginative Fiction are now open!
Winning Perks!
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Cash prizes of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 for top 3 stories!
Your story will be published on The Salam Award website. - A greater reward though is getting your story reviewed by our esteemed judges.
Dr Abdus Salam
“Scientific thought and its creation is the common
and shared heritage of mankind”