The Asian Group of Literature has immense pleasure in announcing that the first edition of The Asian Prize for Short Story is now open for submissions. 

As a component of The Asian Prizes, the Asian Prize for Short Story is introduced in order to create a global platform of appreciation for outstanding work of short stories written by writers around the world.  

The Asian Prize for Short Story is open to writers worldwide. The submitted work, if it complies with the rules and standards of the prize, will be evaluated by the panel of evaluators who represent the diversity of the world we live in today: the Asian values—diversity in creative expression, literature for human growth, universality, and non-discrimination. 

The submissions will be closed on 08th March, and the long list will be announced on 31th July, followed by the shortlist on 15th September. The winner will be announced in December 2024.

Rules and Guidelines: 

General rules: 

• The applicants can submit only one short story per edition. 
• If the applicant is already a laureate of The Asian Prize for a Short Story, he/she is not eligible to submit his/her work again to the prize. 
• The same work can not be submitted twice unless a significant level of rework exceeding 40% has been done, and needs to be approved by the prize’s executive committee. 
• The writers who write under pen names are required to submit a written statement confirming their pen name, and a copy of the recognised identification document must be attached for reference. 
• The submitted work cannot be published anywhere else within 18 months of submission.
• The Asian Group of Literature will have the right to publish the shortlisted work and the work to which the prize is awarded in printed, audio and online media. 
• Submission is open every year from 21st January to 8th March. 

Technical guidelines:

• No story void of title is accepted.
• Submissions should be in English
• The submission should be between 3000—10,000 words. 
• No translations of published work are accepted.
• The font should be ‘Times New Roman’, 12” with 1.4 spacing— no other format is accepted. 
• No pictures are accepted in the submissions.
• A submission cannot contain local terms greater than 4%.
• A glossary is mandatory if words from local languages are randomly present in the story.
• The applicants should get an applcation form by contacting The Prize administration via (admin@theasianprizes.org)
• The submissions should be sent to (submissions@theasianprizes.org), with the email title “The Asian Prize for Short Story/ 2024/Name of the applicant/Title)
• A properly filled submission form is mandatory.