Urdu

Maria Mumtaz

Mubashshara Mehfooz

Musfera Zubair

Noor Us Saba

Rabiya Khan

Rehana Patwa

Saima Parveen

Dr. Shaista Mehjabeen

Shehnaz Banu

Siddiqa Rajnagarwala

Wajida Tabassum Gurkoo

Shortlisted Writers for the Workshop

Hindi

Deepali Rashmi

Deepti Mishra

Divya Gehlot

Dr. Neelu Tiwari

Muntaha Jaha

Niyati Pandya

Shilpi Pachauri

Shradha

Shweta Ghorawat

Sonal Parikh

Surabhi

Surbhi Karwa

Usha Dashora

Vidushi Gupta

Yamini Joshi

Rajasthani

Asha Sharma

Jai Kanwer Meena

Meenakshi Chundawat

Neelam Sharma

Preksha Kothari

Shalini Singh

English

Anjali Chauhan

Anjali Singh

Anjali Yadav

Anju Soni

Himanshi Pandey

Jyoti Jangir

Kritika Mandiya

Maitrika Kumari Rathore

Moumeeta Mohanty

Namita Lunkad

Rajshree Gautam

Rashmi Agrawal

Sayani De

Seema Tiwary

Siddhi Chouhan

Tshering Pemo Tamang

Yosha Khurana

To apply for the grant in Rajasthani, click below.

To apply for the grant in English, click below.

To apply for the grant in Hindi, click below.

To apply for the grant in Urdu, click below.

Shortlisted Participants will be announced Mid-June

The Rama Mehta Writing Grant was set up in 2021 to nurture the creative talent of women writers. Though the grant is offered to only one writer from every language, the aim is to encourage as many writers as we can and help provide a platform for their creative expression. To this end, we offer workshops by veteran writers from all four languages to our shortlisted candidates. The shortlist and final selection is made by a distinguished jury that follows a rigorous selection process. We believe that true empowerment comes from being making your voice heard, and would like this Grant to help as many women find their voice and creative expression as possible.