The Dhahan Prize For Punjabi Literature
To inspire the creation of Punjabi literature across borders, bridging Punjabi communities around the world and promoting Punjabi literature on a global scale.
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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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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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
Keep Reading about Dhahan Prize announces 2022 winner and finalists of $45K in literary awards
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
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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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
Keep Reading about Punjabi literary prize releases finalists vying for awards valued at $45,000
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,
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
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
