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.