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Awards and Achievements

Published short stories in international journals:

Wasafiri (‘This Gift of Silver’, Issue 84, 2015),translated by Shabnam Nadiya

https://shabnamnadiya.com/translations-2/this-gift-of-silver-by-shagufta-sharmeen-tania/

https://www.wasafiri.org/product/wasafiri-issue-84/

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Asia Literary Review (‘Notes from the Ward’, Issue 32, 2016) 

https://www.asialiteraryreview.com/notes-ward

 

City Press (Letters to Her, Issue 7, 2019), translated by Dolonchampa Chakraborty

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The Massachusetts Review  (An Artist’s Ego, Fall 2022, Volume 63/ No 03) translated by Torsa Ghosal

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/865269/summary

https://www.massreview.org/node/10924#toc

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 Adda Commonwealth Writers (What Men Live by, Autumn 2022)

British Anthology by Speaking Volumes, 'Not Quite Right for Us', (‘Bodies’, 2021)

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https://www.addastories.org/writer/shagufta-tania/

https://www.addastories.org/what-men-live-by/

https://www.addastories.org/what-men-live-by-bangla/

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Youngest recipient of Bangla Academy Syed Waliullah Award (2018) for outstanding achievement in Bangla literature while staying abroad.

Short story ‘Sincerely Yours’ was long listed for the BBC Short Story Award 2021.

Short story ‘What Men Live By’ has been short-listed for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022.

Short story ‘In the Soup’ has been short-listed for Creative Future Writers’ Award 2022.

Manuscript ‘The Seed Leaves’ among the finalists for Page Turner Award 2022.

 

Visible Communities residency (November 2021) with National Centre for Writing (NCW).

https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/residencies/walking-norwich/the-weavers-shuttle/

 

Visible Communities residency (April-July 2022) with National Centre for Writing (NCW).

https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/bubble-said-the-melting-pot-a-commission-by-shagufta-sharmeen-tania/

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