February 17, 2025 to February 27, 2025
The Salam Award Writers Workshop for Speculative Fiction aims to return with its second iteration in 2025! Hosted by The Salam Award and the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS), the residential workshop will take place from February 17 to February 27, 2025, at LUMS in Lahore, Pakistan. Award-winning authors Karen Joy Fowler and Amal El-Mohtar will join the event as lead instructors.
If you’re a writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy (SFF) from Pakistan, this is your chance to be part of a vibrant community and receive invaluable feedback on your work. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to hone your craft with the guidance of our esteemed instructors.
Application deadline: September 7, 2024
Apply here: http://bit.ly/3VUvNED
About the Instructors
Karen Joy Fowler is the New York Times best-selling author of seven novels and three short story collections. Her work has won, or been shortlisted for, various awards including the World Fantasy Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the Booker Prize.
Robert V. S. Redick is an author of epic fantasy and the winner of the New Millennium Writings Award. He is also a finalist for the Locus, SFX Novel, and AWP/Thomas Dunne Awards. His short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Puerto del Sol, and in anthologies like Dreams for a Broken World.
