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Dhahan Youth Award to include Indigenous stories for 2023 submissions

February 3, 2023 by Dhahan Prize

Students in audience for Dhahan Youth Award activity with award-winning Punjabi author

B.C.’s Punjabi youth writing award, now in its 6th year, will be open to submissions from Indigenous students for 2023. Traditionally, the Dhahan Youth Award grants students in Punjabi language

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Meet Tarannum Thind: Dhahan Prize master of ceremonies

January 11, 2023 by Dhahan Prize

Tarannum Thind on stage at Dhahan Prize Ceremonies in 2016

Tarannum Thind has been the beloved master of ceremonies for the Dhahan Prize awards since 2014. Originally from Chandigarh in Punjab, Tarannum built a career for herself in Canada as a media

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Dhahan Prize announces 2022 winner and finalists of $45K in literary awards

November 18, 2022 by Dhahan Prize

Surrey, B.C. (November 18, 2022) - The world’s signature prize for Punjabi fiction recently announced its 2022 winner, Balwinder Singh Grewal, of a $ 25,000 CDN award plus trophy. Alongside him, Javed

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List of all 2022 Dhahan Prize Events

November 9, 2022 by Dhahan Prize

This year, the Dhahan Prize will be hosting multiple events to celebrate Punjabi language and culture, while advocating for Truth and Reconciliation for Canada's Indigenous people and highlighting the

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Lynda Gray: 2022 Dhahan Prize keynote speaker, author & Indigenous advocate

October 17, 2022 by Dhahan Prize

Lynda Gray - 2022 Dhahan Prize Keynote Speaker feature article image

Lynda Gray, author of, ‘First Nations 101,’ will present the 2022 Dhahan Prize keynote at its ceremonies on November 17. But what does an Indigenous advocate have to do with a Punjabi literature

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Punjabi literary prize releases finalists vying for awards valued at $45,000

October 5, 2022 by Dhahan Prize

Sponsors: VANCOUVER, B.C. (October 5, 2022) – The Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature has announced the 2022 finalists for its awards valued at $45,000 CDN, cumulatively. The Prize promotes

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Dhahan Prize announces 2022 shortlist

September 28, 2022 by Dhahan Prize

2022 Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature shortlist featured image - press release

Sponsors: Richmond, B.C. (September 28, 2022) - The world’s signature contest for Punjabi novels and short story collections, based in Vancouver, B.C., recently released its shortlist of 6 books,

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Dhahan Prize founder emphasizes the importance of Punjabi literature on Partition’s 75th anniversary

August 15, 2022 by Barj Dhahan

Partition 75 anniversary image of man in Punjab - featured image

Barj Dhahan is the founder of The Dhahan Prize, the world’s signature prize for Punjabi Literature, awarding $45,000 CAD each year to newly-published Punjabi novels and short stories. Seventy-five

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Unique, English translation of Punjabi stories written by two-time Dhahan Prize Finalist now available for free

June 16, 2022 by Dhahan Prize

Zubair Ahmad holding book Grieving for Pigeons Punjabi to English translation - featured image

May was a big month for our 2014 and 2020 Finalist, Zubair Ahmad. A selection of his Punjabi short stories have been published as an English-language collection titled, ‘Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve

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