15, December 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka

After a seven-month-long evaluation process, the Jury of The Asian Prize for Short Story announced the winner on December 15, 2024. Out of over 900 submissions, three stories made it to the shortlist: Litter by Shikhandin, The Perfect Lifeby Kushboo Shah, and The White Noise Lullaby by Natasha Sharma. Among them, Indian writer Natasha Sharma won The Asian Prize for Short Story 2024 for her work, The White Noise Lullaby. 

The Chair of the jury, Common Regional Wealth Prize-winning author Saras Manickam, mentioned that “The winning story, however, was a unanimous choice. Over and above, the best submission of all, it was a consistent standout in all the judges’ reports”

“The White Noise Lullaby had this powerful, unique voice, strong, with very real yearnings and frustrations.  It is a powerful story of a mother struggling with the grief and guilt she feels over the loss of her child, layered with her complex feelings about her own absent mother, and her relationship with her great grandfather.” The Jury, The Asian Prize for Short Story 2024.

The Asian Group of Literature expresses its sincere gratitude to the jury members who contributed to the 2024 prize cycle. Without their unwavering commitment, this would not have been possible. 

Jury, The Asian Prize for Short Story 2024

Saras Manikkam (Malayasiya) The Chair

Agnes Chew (Singapore/Germany)

Alexander Nderitu (Kenya)

Taisiia Nakonechna (Ukraine/Belgium)

The Asian Prize for Short Story 2025 will accept submissions from January 1, 2025, to March 15, 2025.