2021 Winners

Central Jury

Dr. Khola Iftikhar Cheema, PhD. (History), Chair

University Lecturer and International Research Fellow
Co-Writer, Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI), USA, Founder/President, Lyallpur Young Historians Club, and Organizer, Lyallpur Punjabi Literary Festival, Faislabad, Pakistan

Professor, Dr. Jagbir Singh, Member

Author, Scholar, Translator
Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda and former Head, Department of Punjabi, University of Delhi, India

Professor (Retd.) Dr. Bakhshish Singh Jauhal, Member

Author, Translator and former Chair, School of Punjabi Studies, Chandigarh, India

 

Gurmukhi Jury

Professor, Dr. Jaspal Kaur, Chair

Head & Associate Professor, Department of Punjabi, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi, India

Dr. Lakhwinder Singh Johal, PhD. (Punjabi), Member

Journalist, Poet, Author, Documentary Producer, and Secretary, Managing Committee ‘Jang-e-Azadi Yadegar’, Karturpur, and Chief Editor, ‘Kavlok’ E magazine, Jullundar, Punjab, India

Mr. Baldev Singh Sadaknama, BA, MA (Punjabi), Member

Acclaimed Author, Sahitya Akademi Awardee (2011) and Winner of the 2018 Dhahan Prize, Moga, Punjab, India

Apne Apne Marseia (Short Stories), Sarghi, Chetna Parkashan, Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana

Ik Totta Janam Bhoomi (Novel), Harjit Kaur Virk, Sangam Publications, Samana, Patiala

Jogi, Sap, Trah (Short Stories), Nain Sukh, Kitab Trinjan, Lahore, Pakistan

Mil Gya Nickels (Short Stories), Kuljit Maan, Chetna Parkashan, Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana

Mitti Bol Peye (Novel), Balbir Madhopuri, Navyug Publishers, New Delhi

Siyasat Khed Siyasat (Short Stories), Jinder, Sangam Publications, Samana, Patiala

Swaha (Novel), Gursewak Singh Preet, Chetna Parkashan, Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana

Urf Roshi Jallad (Short Stories), Jasvir Singh Rana, Autumn Art (India), Patiala