Literary Excellence Award - 2025 Results

Reem Arshad Khan

Reem Arshad Khan

Reem Arshad Khan for 'Sparrow' – PKR 50,000 Cash Prize
Hussain Aamir

Hussain Aamir

Hussain Aamir for 'Cancel My Subscription' – 10,000 PKR Cash Prize
Izza Khan Niazi

Izza Khan Niazi

Izza Khan Niazi for 'Gudiya' – 5,000 PKR Cash Prize

Runners-Up List

Iman Shehryar for Desired, Not Known

Sidra Nisar for The Work Hair Does

Arsh Bibi for The Stolen Future

Sana Noor for The Failure of Austerity

Eman Rehman for The Constitution of the Mutilated Landscapist

Alishba Asif for Anatomy of An Onion

Mahru Hasan Syed for Waiting Room

Noor-E-Rabi for The Cycle Repeats

Adenah Furquan for Lawn Fever

Jaza Sultan for The Flame and The Verse

Literary Excellence Award - March 2026 Results

Maryam Malik

Maryam Malik

Maryam Malik for 'In the Name of Love' – PKR 50,000 Cash Prize
Sidra Nisar

Sidra Nisar

Sidra Nisar for 'The Geography of Empathy' – 10,000 PKR Cash Prize
Hani Raza & Aeman Abbasi

Hani Raza & Aeman Abbasi

Hani Raza Jaffery for 'Mardaza Kamzori' and Aeman Abbasi for 'The Weight of the Turban' – 5,000 PKR Cash Prize

Runners-Up List

Fari Tahir for Threadbare

Saliha Imran for Burn Me Whole

Maleeha Omar for Unravelling Silk

Izza Khan Niazi for Sunflowers by the Grave

Adeena Mubeen for Cheeni

Faizan Aslam Soofi for Loving and Living in the Islamic Republic

Hania Saad for No Parking Available

Mahiba Shahbaz for If I Had Been Born A Son

Alishba Asif for Recipe as Old as Time

Reem Khan for Nashedi

Tahoor Bari for What Shoes To Wear To Your Next Funeral

Arun Lal Parihar for The Seven Letters Across India

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