‘The Sea’: Read the story that won the 2020 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-to-English translation

The winner: Haider Shahbaz’s translation of ‘Samundar’, by Khalida Hussain.

Khalida Hussain, translated by Haider Shahbaz

· Oct 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘Kali_Na’: Indrapramit Das’s sci-fi short story has won the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction

An excerpt from the prizewinning story by the writer from Kolkata.

Indrapramit Das

· Jul 15, 2020 · 08:30 am

Kritika Pandey is the global winner of the £ 5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for this story

An excerpt from the prizewinning story, ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’.

Kritika Pandey

· Jul 01, 2020 · 08:30 am

Why is Sally Rooney’s prizewinning second novel ‘Normal People’ on everyone’s to-be-read list?

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this novel has won the Encore Award 2019 for the best second novel.

Nishant Kauntia

· Jul 13, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Before the Booker: George Saunders has captivated readers with a twist on realist fiction for years

Before his 2017 Man Booker Prize winning novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, Saunders created a name for himself with short stories like no other.

Nicholas Rixon

· Oct 19, 2017 · 08:30 am

And the winners of 2017 Katha fiction contest are...

Three winners and two honourable mentions for upcoming talent.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 10, 2017 · 11:47 am

‘The Umbrella Man’: Siddhartha Gigoo is the Asia winner of the Commonwealth Short Story prize

In partnership with Commonwealth Writers, we bring you the winning story for the region.

Siddhartha Gigoo

· Apr 28, 2015 · 04:30 pm