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

November 18, 2022

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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2022 Dhahan Youth Awards presented to Punjabi and Indigenous high school writers

November 18, 2022

Dhahan Youth Award is sponsored by: Surrey, B.C. (November 18, 2022) - Eight British Columbia youth were presented with the Dhahan Youth Award for writing stories in Punjabi and English. They

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List of all 2022 Dhahan Prize Events

November 9, 2022

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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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Submissions Open for the 2022 Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature

January 25, 2022

Vancouver, BC (January 25, 2022) – Submissions are now open for the 9th annual Dhahan Prize, the world’s signature award in Punjabi literature. Novels and short story collections published in 2021

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