The Salam Award

Children Always Come Home

Saher Hasnain

The story follows a woman who is (not quite) at the end of her journey through the various difficulties of running a shoe store during (not quite) the end of the world. Ghosts of family members, dying technology, and lost shoes make appearances.

Finalists

Takwir Al-Ghaib The Dogs Of Justice
Muhammad Umair Khan
Bina Shah

Honorable Mentions

The Stone People The Seven Degrees Celsius Mango The Qawal Clarity
Hajra Omar
Effa Abid Shah
Hasnain Nawab
Zayna Rahman

Judges for 2022

Shiv Ramdas

Shiv Ramdas is an Indian writer of speculative fiction. His work has appeared in publications such as Strange Horizons, Slate, Podcastle and others, and has been nominated for the Ignyte, Nebula, and Hugo Awards.

Paul Tremblay

Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of The Pallbearers’ Club, Survivor Song, Growing Things and The Cabin at the End of the World.

Aamer Hussain

Born in Karachi in 1955, Aamer Hussein moved to London in 1970 and until the pandemic divided the last decade between London and working in Pakistan.

Reviewing Editor: Wendy N. Wagner
Reviewing Agent: Add Name