- Winning Story 2021
You Get What is Yours
Dur e Aziz Amna
In a Sufi shrine in Multan, a female saint becomes unwell, pushing her devotee, Safia, into a more complicated role of secrecy and confession. This story concerns spirituality, the role of God in people’s lives and the complicity of violence.
Finalists
| Ignition | The Calls |
|---|---|
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by Khizer Abbas |
by Zunaira Nadeem |
Honorable Mentions
| Nameless | Custody |
|---|---|
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by Mehr-un-Nisa Waheed |
by Mujtaba Ayub |
| We All Return to the Sea |
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by Mashal Faraz Shamsi |
Judges for 2021
Indra Das
Indrapramit Das (aka Indra Das) is a writer and editor from Kolkata, India. He is a Lambda Literary Award-winner for his debut novel The Devourers (Penguin India / Del Rey)
Malka Older
Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot, and the Washington Post.
Saad Z. Hossain
Saad Z. Hossain writes in a niche genre of fantasy, science fiction and black comedy which, on the balance of it, very few people actually want to read.