2024 Wingword Prize

By Sachin Singh Solanki 

This is where the river made her bed and slept for years before we asked her to leave. She packed her blues in tiny mud suitcases and left without a word.

By Sifath Agarwal

Who would I be?
Who would I see? 

By Mawdud Ahmed Choudhury

Suddenly, I heard the most fascinating voice.

And all at once, there was silence.

So, I had no choice.

By Divinia Mercy Tynsong

Cookies crumbs flirting my palms

Clinging as if to leave no more;

By Ashwathi Mohan



My eyes didn’t open to the world of benevolence 

They opened to two people looking at me in a hospital ward with high hopes

By Afsheen Shahana B 

The ravisher's chromosomes triumphed via me

Inbred through force as opposed to love --

By Amit Chatterjee

An inward voice shakes

Every corner of a countenance

By Nifasath Farhana

Life is beautiful, on the way you see it!

Life gives us lot of joy, on the way you handle it!

By Anand Raj Rana 

So good life was it,

When we lived together.

By Shaarvil Rajarshi

In the realm of friendship, magic resides,

A bond so sacred, it never subsides.

By Pranita More

There is a little girl, all smiley and bright

Nothing that she fears, her thoughts crystal clear

By Paramjit Paul

And he flushed the empty canvas into a chronicle – 

Where he paints the tale of a young dame…

By Sanskar Goyal

काश ये दुनिया सबके लिए एक सी होती,

तो शायद डर किसी के मन में नहीं बस्ता...

By Sneh Jyoti Chaprana

मेरे दोस्त मेरी ग़ज़ल के लिए भी

एक ग़ज़ल कह दो

By Muskan Chopra

तेरे नूर के शीशे से दूर किस आफताब की आक्रोश मैं लिपटे चाँद को निहारूँ

तू रूह को छू ले ऐसी ख्वाहिश मैं अपना वक्त गुजारूं 

By Iqbal Ahmad

آسماں کو چھت ، زمیں کو بستر بناتے ہیں

ہم خواب کو نیلام کر سانسیں اگاتے ہیں 

By Madhuri Khunt

આ નેટફ્લિક્સ જોતા ન થાકતા જમાના માં

By नोमेश मेश्राम



धरणीपासून दिगंतराशी

ऐलतीर ते पैलतीराशी

By Jayasree J



அன்பிற்கும் உண்டோ அடைக்கும் தாழ்!

இது வள்ளுவரின் வாக்கு மட்டுமல்ல

உலக உயிர்களின் உன்னத உணர்வு!

By Heer Nimavat

માર‌ પરભુને ફૂટી નારંગી પાંખ

અમાર‌ કેવા‌‌ કેવા‌ તે સદભાગ

By Mohini Meshram

अवघड जातयं ना सगळं?

By Jahnabi Mandal

হে অপরিচিত শিল্পী তুমি,

কবে কোন যুগে, কোন মুহুর্তে

By Nikhil Tewari

में हूँ शोषण मीडिया। 

में मानसिक दिवालियापन हूँ

By Karthikeyan Swaminathan

சிலரோடு பேசப் பிடிக்கும்  

சிலர் பேசிக் கேட்கப் பிடிக்கும் 

By Careen Alma Lakadong

The clock moved forward,

Skipping a lifetime of meant to be memories.

By Jyoti Sharma

ये दुनियाँ इतनी नकली क्यों हैं...

ये दुनियाँ इतनी मतलबी क्यों हैं...

By Sitharaam Jayakumar

I stood waist-deep in the waters,

Of the raging sea on a rainy day.

By Menaka Heisnam

Far yet in the nearest

Was a valley that lies silent

By Pratibha Badgal

The gold of zari on my Banarasi silk saree,

The silver of my payal and the summery ease of my chikankari,

By Sambhavi Jha

Her love was steadfast, but she loved to keep me on my toes