What it is
Annual · English and Urdu
- An annual gathering of the year’s best writings from across Pakistan
- Poetry, short fiction, essays, criticism and reflective non-fiction
- No single theme — the edition takes its shape from whatever arrives
- Written in English or Urdu, by writers at any stage of their work
- New writers are read alongside established names, in one volume
The editions
Every edition, newest first
Each edition gathers new writing around the theme, in print and digital.
Open for submissions now
Kya Ham Azaad Hain?
Reflections on memory, identity and belonging, and what independence still asks of us.
Deadline
16 August 2026
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