MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATIONS

Chicken House is delighted to support the Young Muslim Writers Awards and we wish every shortlisted writer huge congratulations on their success. We urge you to nurture, explore and keep practising your writing talent – you never know where it may lead you! Writing is fun but it’s important, too; it’s through our creativity that we inspire, transport and offer fresh possibilities to ourselves and others.

Chicken House

David Fickling Books send huge congratulations to everyone included in this year’s Young Muslim Writers Awards. We are delighted and honoured to be involved. We hope all young creators continue to feel inspired and inspire others, and make a difference to the world by telling and sharing stories. It’s so important and valuable to find your voice, and we hope to hear more about your wonderful work in the future!

David Fickling Books

The Faber Children’s team would like to say a huge congratulations to all of the writers who entered this year’s Young Muslim Writers Awards. After such a strange and unprecedented couple of years, it’s even more important that you continue to share your unique and wonderful stories with the world. Many congratulations once again and wishing the very best to all of you future authors, poets, playwrights, journalists and screenwriters!

Faber

Flame Tree Publishing would like to congratulate all participants of the 2021 Young Muslim Writers Award. What a terrific achievement of craft and imagination in writing! We are delighted to be part of such an incredible initiative, as we strive to work with different communities, encouraging new voices and emerging talents to express their love of language, knowledge and ideas – so keep making your voices heard!

Flame Tree

Graffeg would like to congratulate everyone who entered their work for this year’s Young Muslim Writers Awards. We’re proud to support this fantastic award supporting talented young writers of all ages and encourage all who entered to keep reading and keep writing and spread your literary voice as far and wide as possible.

Graffeg

Congratulations to the shortlisted writers of the 2021 Young Muslims Writers Award. We’ve loved reading all the engaging, creative stories. You should all be so proud of what you’ve achieved. Keep reading, writing and sharing your stories with the world. We cannot wait to see what’s next and wish you all the success in becoming the authors of tomorrow.

Jacaranda Books

Piccadilly Press is delighted to be a part of an award, for the second time, that encourages and promotes child literacy within the Muslim community. Reading and writing are the building blocks of a child’s development. It’s their foundation for not only their learning but to also help them understand the world and people around them. We are so pleased to be supporting the Young Muslim Writers Awards again, and we hope you enjoy a copy of Cookie and the Most Annoying Girl in the World by Konnie Huq.

Piccadilly Press

Rainbows Toy Shop would like to send a huge congratulations to all of the participants of the Young Muslim Writers Awards. We are delighted to be given the opportunity to get involved with this excellent program and look forward to reading more of the creative writing from the wonderful writers.

Rainbows Toy Shop

Raintree would like to congratulate all the writers that have participated in this year’s Young Muslim Writers Awards. Here at Raintree, we believe that reading is for everyone. We really value the chance to celebrate and champion diversity across the industry and are honoured to be able to encourage the next generation of young readers and writers to explore their creativity. We hope you keep writing more fascinating stories and poems and we can’t wait to read them!

Raintree

The whole team at the Salariya Book Company would like to congratulate the writers shortlisted for the Young Muslim Writers Awards this year. We are proud to support a project promoting inclusivity and diversity in the creative arts, and we are excited to see what these talented writers do next!

Salariya Book Company

Sweet Cherry Publishing would like to congratulate all the young writers who have made their voices heard in this anthology. As a publisher who champions diversity in storytelling, it is an honour for us to support initiatives like the Young Muslim Writers Award to inspire a new generation of readers and writers. We hope you continue to write and share your stories with the world, and we look forward to seeing your work published in the future!

Sweet Cherry Publishing

Waw Stories would like to congratulate the shortlisted writers as well as those who were brave enough to enter! We are proud to be involved this year and to help celebrate Young Muslim writing. We publish powerful tales from Muslim and Middle Eastern cultures and we tell stories in a positive, uplifting and multi-layered way. We believe this work is worthwhile and we encourage you to continue telling your stories. Undoubtedly your writing will contribute to a world in which our Muslim heritage and creativity can be celebrated. We hope you enjoy your copy of An Ocean in One Drop.