- Winning Story 2018
Akbar Shahzad
Influence is Akbar Shahzad’s winning short story that was also read at the Functionally Literate session in Orlando (March 2019).
Finalists
| A Picture of the Dying World | In The Village Where the Mazaar Now Stands |
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by Nur Ibrahim |
by Nur Kahn |
Honorable Mentions
| Stop Paying Attention | Repairman | A Foolproof Reason | Up on the Eggshell Bridge | The Dead Man’s Gift |
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by Kasim Mohammed |
by Saher Husnain |
by Ramlah Nadeem |
by Maira Asaad |
by Fatima Taqvi |
Judges for 2018
Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand is the bestselling author of fourteen genre-spanning novels and five collections of short fiction and essays. Her work has received the World Fantasy Award (four times), Nebula Award (twice), Shirley Jackson Award (three times), International Horror Guild Award (three times), the Mythopoeic Award, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, among other honors.
E. Lily Yu
E. Lily Yu received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2012 and the Gar LaSalle Storyteller Award in 2017. Her stories have appeared in venues from McSweeney’s to F&SF, including seven best-of-the-year anthologies, and been finalists for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards.
Anil Menon
Anil Menon’s short fiction have appeared in a variety of international magazines including Albedo One, Interzone, Interfictions, Jaggery Lit Review, Lakeview Review, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Sybil’s Garage and Strange Horizons. His stories been translated into Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hebrew, and Romanian. His debut YA novel The Beast With Nine Billion Feet (Zubaan Books, 2010) was short-listed for the 2010 Vodafone-Crossword award and the Carl Baxter Society’s Parallax Prize.