This year, the Dhahan Prize will be hosting multiple events to celebrate Punjabi language and culture. See below for our list of events. Event information is given for each event below. Jump
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Gurjinder Basran: 2025 Dhahan Prize keynote and award-winning Canadian author
Gurjinder Basran is the 2025 Dhahan Prize keynote and an award-winning Canadian author. Her debut novel, ‘Everything Was Good-bye’ (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2010; Penguin, 2012) won the 2011 Ethel
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2025 Punjabi book prize releases finalists vying for awards of $51,000
Sponsors: SURREY, B.C. (August 13, 2025) – The Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature announced its 2025 finalists for cumulative awards of $51,000 CAD. The stage is now set for one best book of
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Punjabi literary prize unveils 2025 shortlist for $51,000 in awards
Sponsors: Surrey, B.C. (August 4, 2025) – The world’s leading prize for Punjabi fiction, based in Vancouver, B.C., has announced its 2025 shortlist—six new works competing for $51,000 in
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Dhahan Prize announces 2024 winner of $25K book award, two finalists of $10K each
Vancouver, B.C. (November 15, 2024) - The world’s signature prize for Punjabi fiction yesterday announced its 11th annual winner, Jinder (Jalandhar, Punjab, India), of a $25,000 CAD award for his
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2024 Dhahan Youth Awards presented to Punjabi and Indigenous high school writers
Dhahan Youth Award is sponsored by: Surrey, B.C. (November 14, 2024) - Eight British Columbia youth were recently presented with the Dhahan Youth Award for writing stories in Punjabi and English.
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List of all 2024 Dhahan Prize Events
This year, the Dhahan Prize will be hosting multiple events to celebrate Punjabi language and culture. See below for our list of events. Event information is given for each event below. Jump
Dhahan Prize releases 2024 finalists for awards of $51,000
Sponsors: Richmond, B.C. (Sep 12, 2024) – The Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature has announced the 2024 finalists for its awards of $51,000 CAD, cumulatively. The Prize promotes Punjabi
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Punjabi literary prize releases 2024 shortlist for awards valued at $51,000
Sponsors: Richmond, B.C. (September 05, 2024) - The world’s signature contest for Punjabi novels and short story collections, based in Vancouver, B.C., released its 2024 shortlist of seven new
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