We read your piece
Our editors review every submission for voice, originality and how it speaks to the theme.
Currently open for
Writing Contest
Deadline
10 August 2026
You can also apply for any of our other projects below. Your sample stays on file and is reviewed when submissions for that project open, so apply for the project your writing belongs to.
Choose the right project
Anthology project themes.
While submitting the form, please choose the correct anthology project you wish to partake in. Here are the projects we currently publish for our anthologies.
See the project themes+
Writing Contest Open theme+
All participating writers are published in the anthology, giving everyone a chance to share their work. One standout winner is chosen based on creativity, originality, and writing quality, and receives a prize of 10,000 PKR.
After The End+
Theme: Grief, survival, and rebuilding after loss.Explore endings and what comes after: loss, resilience, heartbreak, and hope. Reflections on survival, transformation, and the quiet strength found in starting anew.
Women Empowerment+
Theme: Empowerment, identity, and resilience.Voices of courage, everyday struggles, triumphs, and the nuanced realities of living as a woman in Pakistan. Submissions can explore empowerment, voice, and the power of lived experience.
Yours Truly+
Theme: Letters, messages, and confessionsUnsent letters, reflections, and messages that carry emotion, memory, or longing. Contributions can explore intimate communication, introspection, or thoughts meant for self or others.
Inheritance: What We Carry, What We Break+
Theme: Generational baggage, blessings, culture, and secrets.Consider what we inherit—family habits, trauma, wisdom, and legacies—and what we choose to carry forward or leave behind. Submissions can examine identity, memory, and heritage.
What We Worship+
Theme: Obsessions, desires, ambitions, and idols.Love, ambition, people, money, beauty, validation—what shapes and drives us? Contributions can reflect on devotion, desire, and the forces we center in our lives.
Ghosts of The Living+
Theme: Emotional hauntings by people or past selves.Not literal ghosts—those who linger emotionally: exes, estranged siblings, old selves, or memories. Submissions can explore unresolved relationships, lingering attachments, or the echoes of the past.
Submission requirements
A single piece of up to 1,500 words, in any genre: a poem, an essay, a memoir or a short story.
After you submit
What happens next.
Three steps between the piece you send and your place among the co-authors.
Selected writers are invited in
If your work is selected, you are added to the anthology's WhatsApp group with the other co-authors.
You confirm and prepare your final piece
You confirm your place with the PKR 3,000 registration fee, and have two weeks to prepare your final submission before the book comes together.
Before you submit
Quick questions.
What can I submit?+
A single piece of up to 1,500 words, in any genre: poetry, short fiction, an essay or a memoir. Word or PDF is perfect.
Can I apply for a project that is not open yet?+
Yes. Apply for the project your writing belongs to, and your sample stays on file and is reviewed when that project opens.
What happens if I am selected?+
You are added to the anthology's WhatsApp group, confirm your place with the PKR 3,000 registration fee, and get two weeks to prepare your final submission.
Do I keep the rights to my work?+
Yes. Your writing stays yours; we only licence the right to include your piece in this edition of the anthology.
What do I receive?+
Publication as a co-author, your printed author copies and a personalised certificate, and promotion of the finished anthology on the TWS store.