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 issue 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
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The issues
Every issue, newest first
Each issue gathers new writing around the theme, in print and digital.
Open for submissions now
The TWS Review
Our annual literary magazine — the finest pieces we published, read all the way to December.
Deadline
20 December 2026
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Send your work to The TWS Review.
Send one original piece for the coming Review. You keep the rights to your work, and every submission is read by our editorial team.