Marking May as the “Short Story Month,” Words Without Borders highlights some of its stellar past publications, the Dagestani-Russian novelist Alisa Ganieva’s bitterly comic “A Village Feast” among them.
2008
Eliane AOUN, Lebanon
Hiba AS-MASRI, Jordan
Ali AWARKE, Lebanon
Randa GHANTOUS, Israel
Karim GHAWI, Jordan
Ehab Ghosheh, Israel
Faris JABER, Jordan
Qais MOUSA, Palestinian Territories
Rand SAFI, Palestinian Territories
Samar SALEH, Syria
Jalal SIREES, Syria
Lina SOUFAN, Palestinian Territories
Edwar TARZI, Syria
2009
Bana AASSY, Israel
Lora ABAZA, Syria
Yara ABOU FAKHER, Syria
Zaid AL-NASSIR, Jordan
Bashar AL-SAWAFTAH, Jordan
Nadia EL MALT, Lebanon
Ahmad EZERY, Israel
Iya GHASSIB, Jordan
Irene GHATTAS, Palestinian Territories
Majd IWIDAT, Palestinian Territories
Nael ROBY, Israel
Hussein YOUNEISS, Lebanon
2010
Khalil ABDALHADI, Palestinian Territories
Ali ALBANKI, Bahrain
Batool ALHEJAIRI, Bahrain
Ghada ALMUHANNA, Saudi Arabia
Ghazi ALSHEHABI, Bahrain
Nadia ALTAEI, Oman
Baha ATTAALLAH, Palestinian Territories
Amr BENNIS, Libya
Houda GHENIM, Algeria
Elie NASSAR, Lebanon
Ayah RABAH, Palestinian Territories
Nour SALIBA, Lebanon
2011
Hadeel AL HADDAD, Bahrain
Sariah AL MIDANI, Syria
Abdelatif EL YAACOUB, Lebanon
Sally EL-HAK, Egypt
Maisa FARID, Morocco
Oussama GHAJJOU, Morocco
Lana NAJJAR, Israel
Hind RAHMOUN, Algeria
Roua SEGHAIER, Tunisia
Jhonny YAACOUB, Lebanon
Maha ZIDAN, Israel
2012
Mohammed J.M. ALBAZ, Palestinian Territories
Amira ALI BOUAOUINA, Algeria
Salma Mohamed Mounir AMMAR, Egypt
Audrey CLEAVER-BARTHOLOMEW, USA
Alyssa COKINIS, USA
Rhowen DALRYMPLE, USA
Anastasia DYACHENKO, Russia
Billie FLAMING, USA
Ikram Cherifa GAGAOUA, Alegeria
Alexander GUBAREV, Russia
Lucy Biddle HELLER, USA
Ann HITT, USA
Sayed Ali Majed Jasim Alawi KADHEM, Bahrain
Hiba KAHOULI, Tunisia
Imane KASRAOUI, Morocco
Patricia KELLY, USA
Darya KOTOVA, Russia
Elena KUDRYAVKINA, Russia
Leonid KUZMENKO, Russia
Sofiko Labzhaniya, Russia
Isobel MCHATTIE, Canada
Hannah MESHULAM, USA
Jacob OET, USA
Lahoucine OUMANSOUR, Morocco
Annie RYDLAND, USA
Alexandra SAMARINA, Russia
Margarita SHCHLEGLOVA, Russia
Margaret Shultz, USA
Youssef SMAOUI, Tunisia
Tatyana SYATCHIKHINA, Russia
Danila TROFIMOV, Russia
Rawan N.M. YAGHI, Palestinian Territories
Fawzi Saleem ZGHYER, Palestinian Territories
Fares ZUBARI, Bahrain
2013
Intimaa ABUHELOU, Palestinian Territories
Cyrine AFRAOUI, Tunisia
Ahmed ALI, Bahrain
Tamim AL-KADASI, Yemen
Shahd AL-KAF, Saudia Arabia
Yaqeen ALKHANAIZI, Bahrain
Miranda ANTHONY, USA
Zoya ANYSHEVA, Russia
Yusra ARAFEH, Jordan
Yasmeen ATME, Israel
Elizabeth BECKMAN, USA
Salma BENOMARA, Morocco
Chris CAMACHO, USA
Alex CHOI, USA
Gracie COBB, USA
Inna DMITRIEVA, Russia
Evgeniya DROBOTUNM, Russia
Akram ELNAGDY, Egypt
Tala EL-ROZ, Kuwait
Ekaterina FILONOVA, Russia
Sara GOLDMAN, USA
Max GRANFIELD, USA
Ni’Shele JACKSON, USA
Isabella JIBILIAN, USA
Lily KAIRIS, USA
Alexander KHRISANOVA, Russia
Noah KIM, USA
Dmitry KRAVCHENKO, Russia
Victoria LARKINA, Russia
Selina LIU, USA
Olivia MARTIN, USA
Destiny MORRISON, USA
Caitlin PLATHE, USA
Ilyas SAMIG, Morocco
Jonathan SCOLAR, USA
Daria SMIRNOVA, Russia
Alec STECKHAN, USA
Elizabeth STILLINGHAGAN, USA
Heidi STOFER, USA
Maggie SULLIVAN, USA
Alina VEZHENINA, Russia
Sadie WALTON, USA
Mikhail ZAKHAROV, Russia
2014
Nada ABDELHAMID, Egypt
Kaotar AIT ALI, Morocco
Noora AL-DOSERI, Bahrain
Fatima ATMA, Israel
Imen BOUHESTIN, Tunisia
McKenna COON, USA
Muhannad DARAJ, Syria
Nicholas DATTA, USA
Jalal DLIMI, Morocco
Kirill DYSHLOVOI, Russia
Mustafa ELSHEIKH MUSTAFA, Sudan
Alissiia KHOROSHAVINA, Russia
Artem KONDRATEV, Russia
Iullia KOZLOVSKAIA, Russia
Kirill KUCHINSKII, Russia
Anastasiia KURGANOVA, Russia
Tatiana LEPKOVICH, Russia
Dani LIPMAN, USA
Johnny LORENZANA, USA
Kerry LUO, USA
Katrina MANRIQUE, Russia
Anton MESHKOV, Russia
Hannah MIAO, USA
Griffin NEAL, usa
Yazan OMARI, Jordan
Alena PIKSAEVA, Russia
Dana RADHI, Bahrain
Oksana SNELL, USA
Matias SOSA-WHEELOCK, USA
Megry TCHANGOULIAN, Lebanon
Jada THOMAS, USA
Alina VASILYEVA, Russia
Merna WAHBA, Egypt
Raina WELLMAN, USA
2015
Orwa ABU MUKH, Israel
Claire ADLER, USA
Melis AKBAS, Turkey
Hajir AL ZADJALI, Oman
Olivia ALGER, USA
Hussein AL-MSHTTAWI, Iraq
Sam ANTHONY, USA
Lianna ARAKELYAN, Armenia
Reem BADR, Egypt
Nur BASCI, Turkey
Shunu BAYDALAKOV, Russia
Karlyn BOENS, USA
Megan BOTT, USA
Iuliia CHERNOVA, Russia
Weston CLARK, USA
Margaret DAVEY, USA
Mohammed EL WAHABI, Morocco
Jayde FERNANDEZ, USA
Gwyneth FORSYTHE, USA
Maria GRIGORYEVA, Russia
Erica GUO, USA
Hanna HALL, USA
Avetis HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia
Narine HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia
Jenan HASAN, Bahrain
Melanie HERRMANN, USA
Allison HUANG, USA
Ahmad IBRAHIM, Pakistan
Mohammed IRFAN, Bangladesh
Daria IVANOVA, Russia
Somi JUN, USA
Olga KADOCHNIKOVA, Russia
Berfinsu KAZAKLI, Turkey
Busra KEVRAN, Turkey
Anna KONDRATYUK, Russia
Anastasia KRIZHANOVSKAYA, Russia
Ngawang LACHUNGPA BHUTIA, Russia
Anna LANCE, USA
Nada Makhlouf, Tunisia
Maya MEADOWS-CLAUSSEN, USA
Deryn MIERLAK, USA
Imthishal MOHAMED, Sri Lanka
Fathima MOHAMED ZAROOK, Sri Lanka
Alisa MOROZOVA, Russia
Grace MORSE, USA
Rana MOURTAJA, Palestinian Territories
Satyendra NAIR, India
Azamat OMURALIEV, Kyrgyzstan
Onur OZTEMIR, Turkey
Brandon PAHL, USA
Chiran PANDEY, Nepal
Zainab Nasim PASHA, Pakistan
Nicola PREUSS, USA
Amsel SALEEM, Pakistan
Sarah SALTZMAN, USA
Annika SCHLESINGER, USA
Meri SHARAOYAN, Armenia
Naomi SHILYANSKI, USA
Annabel SHU, USA
Elizaveta SHUTOVA, Russia
Mikhail SOKOLOV, Russia
Jamie SOLOMON, USA
Paul STANTON, USA
Jigyasa SUBEDI, Nepal
Jana TABET, Lebanon
Junnan TU, China
Sabina UMARZAKOVA, Kyrgyzstan
Jiayi WANG, China
Sydni Taj WELLS, USA
Madeleine YATES, USA
Mariam YEGHIAZARYAN, Armenia
2016
Aya Nader Moh’d ALBSOUL, Jordan
Mohammed Ameen Abed AL-HAJJAJ, Iraq
Nada Mohamed Nabil ALI, Egypt
Mohammad Nabil Said AL-KURD, Palestinian Territories
Lujain Ali Hasan Ali ALSAIBAI, Bahrain
Isaac BALL, USA
Islam Ben Ahmed BEN ABDELAZIZ, Tunisia
Anastasiia BESSONOVA, Russia
Imane BOUHAICHANA, Morocco
Camille CALDERA, USA
Vishwa CHITNIS, USA
Emily CLARKE, USA
Aziza EL HAJ SLEIMAN, Lebanon
Daria FEDOSEEVA, Russia
Yulia GAEVA, Russia
Mariia GALKINA, Russia
Siri GANNHOLM, USA
Amani HAMMAMI, Algeria
Ellen HUGGINS, USA
Ekaterina KARNAUKHOVA, Russia
Anastasiia KOMAROVA, Russia
Vitalii KUZNETSOV, Russia
Jennifer MARER, USA
Georgii MARTIROSIAN, Russia
Kyra MATSUDA, USA
Caitlin MCCORMICK, USA
Ian POWELL-PALM, USA
Artem SHESTOPALOV, Russia
Lily SICKLES, USA
Grace WALTERS, USA
Anastasiia ZHIGALOVA, Russia
2017
Mohammed ABDELSHAFY, Egypt
Walaa ALBAQALI, Bahrain
Vera ALEKSEEVA, Russia
Farah AL-REFAI, Jordan
Fares AMER, Jordan
Amelia ANTHONY, USA
Lina BAAZIZ, Algeria
Gerel BADAEVA, Russia
Yasmina BRAISH, USA
Maeve BRAMMER, USA
Darius CHRISTIANSEN, USA
Grace CLEMENT, USA
Michael DAVIS, USA
Emma EDWARDS, USA
Mariia FESENKO, Russia
Victoria GONG, USA
Jeff GU, USA
Abdelbaki HAMOUCHE, Algeria
Molouk HARP, USA
Haneen HLEIHIL, Israel
Olivia HOWE, USA
Sarah ISSEVER, USA
Sara KAO, USA
Ekaterina KUZOVIKHINA, Russia
ZinebLAADIOUI, Morocco
Fedor LARINOV, Russia
Yan LYUBIMOV, Russia
Nikita MALYSHEV, Russia
Asiya MOHAMMED, USA
Zain MURDOCK, USA
Fadel MUTHANA, USA
Christian NEAIMEH, Lebanon
Em ODESSER, USA
Hannah PAHS, USA
Houra Sara SADEGHI, USA
Tarik SHWAISH, Iraq
Evgeniia SOZANKOVA, Russia
Katrina STARBIRD, USA
Daria VINOGRADSKAYA, Russia
Deija VINSON, USA
Haneen ZAQOUT, Palestinian Territories
2018
Lydia ABEDEEN, USA
Ruba AHMED, Bahrain
Fatima ALARYANI, United Arab Emirates
Nataliia BABASHKINA, Russia
Sarah BENABDELLAH, Algeria
Alexander CANLAS, USA
Isabella CAYETANO, USA
Maria DUDENKOVA, USA
Zhanna DYAKONOVA, Russia
Sofia EFREMOVA, Russia
Doha EL JERRARI, Morocco
Abdelrahman ELTAGER, Egypt
Rastiyar HASHIM, Iraq
Ramez HAYEK, Palestinian Territories
Hanna HORN, Russia
Shri IYENGAR, USA
Kavya JAIN, USA
Charlie KELLEY-PEGG, USA
Julia LARKIN, USA
Sara MAKAHLEH, Jordan
Michael MCCARTHY, USA
Logan METZGER, USA
Sofya MOKROUSOVA, Russia
Gili NAGGAR, Israel
Ivan PEL, Russia
Aleksandr RAMZAI, Russia
Jack REDING, USA
Kaila ROBERTSON, USA
Sofia SCHUMAKER, USA
Tanya SHEHAB, Lebanon
Ameed SHEHAYEB, Lebanon
Alice SILVA, USA
Pavel STASHCHUK, Russia
Sophie SWAN, USA
Angelina TARLOVSKAIA, Russia
Halima ZHAGBIB, Algeria
2019
Abdullah ABDOUHASHIM, USA
Zeina ABOUSHAAR, USA
Rakan ABUTAYEH, Jordan
Helan AHMED, Iraq
Ruba AHMED-ABDELMUTALAB, USA
Prabigyan ARYAL, Nepal
Camille ALEXANDRE, USA
Alexis ANIKE, USA
Sita CONDE, USA
Calvin DEWITTE, USA
Jesse DICKERSIN, USA
Ruishan DING, China
Haroon EHSAN
Khulan ERDENECHIMEG, Mongolia
Liaa FERNANDEZ, USA
Sehen Kilkush GAMHEWA, Sri Lanka
Jocelyn GAO, USA
Ulvi GITALIYEV, Georgia
Kendyl GREEN, USA
Ana GRIGALASHVILI, Georgia
Quan HARRIS-HOLLEY, USA
Ella HEDER, USA
Daria Aleksandraovna IANCHIK, Russia
Isabella JIANG, USA
Banupriya KADIRGAMASAMY, Sri Lanka
Dana Daniyarovna KANAFINA, Kazakhstan
Emma KAPLON, USA
Anastasiya KAVERINA, Russia
Jana Mahmoud KHALED, Lebanon
Sierra LINDSEY-BISCELLO, USA
Qianhui MA, China
Maryam MIRILI, Azerbaijan
Nadine MOHAMED, Egypt
Elise MONSANTO, USA
Madeline MULLER, USA
Sankalpita MULLICK, India
Ayah MUSTAFA, USA
Bella NOUMBA, USA
Imaan PATEL, USA, India
Vitoria PEREZ, USA
Paridhi PURI, India
Diana QING, USA
A’ssia RAI, USA
Saffiyah SACKOR, USA
Nagham SAFWAT, Egypt
Yonus SAHADAT
Mariam SAMKHARADZE, Georgia
Lia SCHARNAU, USA
Aren SEDRAKYAN, Armenia
Ayesha SHAIKH, Pakistan
Sabine SHEHAB, Lebanon
Jasmine SHRESTHA, Nepal
Fiona SIEVERT, USA
Aidan SPURGETIS, USA
Asparukh Nurzhanuly SULTAN-MURAT, Kazakhstan
Nane VARDANYAN, Armenia
Mary-Kate WILSON, USA
Gracie ZHANG, USA
Abdumalik Akmatovich ZHUSUPOV, Kyrgyzstan
2020
Nafira AHMAD, Bangladesh
Tekle Alavidze, Georgia
Shadi ALI, Iraq
Huseyn ALILI, Azerbaijan
Aisha ALNAQBI, United Arab Emirates
Maryam ALWAN, USA
Zahara ANVER, Sri Lanka
Achref BENNANI, Tunisia
Nour El Houda BERKANE, Algeria
Shurouq BUSTANJI, Jordan
Ian CAVANAUGH, USA
David CHEN, USA
Miguel Betran CUESTA, USA
John FREDERICKSON, USA
Caroline GAO, USA
Paris GITOBU, USA
Hana HAFEEZ, USA
Farah HAJIZADA, Azerbaijan
Ethan Ji-hoon HAN
Zainab HASAN, Pakistan
Arshveen HORA, India
Samira HOSSAIN, Bangladesh
Omar IBRAHIM, Egypt
Hesandi JAYASEKARA, Sri Lanka
Amir KABALAN, Lebanon
Mariam KHAN, USA
Aleksandre KHUNDZAKISHVILI, Georgia
Roman KOLISHENKO, Ukraine
Kevin Stanley KONG, USA
Pavlo KOROL, Ukraine
Fiona KUBALAK, USA
Harper Layne KUCIK, USA
Catie KUEHL, USA
Celine KRAITEM, Lebanon
Quinn LANDER, USA
Danju Zoe LIU, USA
Serafima LITVINENKO, Russia
Noureen MAHMOUD, Egypt
Norma Mohamad MAKKI, USA
Rebekah MITCHELL, USA
Debkanya MITRA, USA
Haroun MOUDEN, Morocco
Ibaa Hadj MESSAOUD, Morocco
Vardaan PANDEY, India
Libby RIGGS, USA
Madeleine RUSSELL, USA
Judy SAAFEIN, USA
Samandar SAMANDAROV, Tajikistan
Drew SHINOZAKI, USA
Elizabeth SHVARTS, USA
Zelda SIEGEL, USA
Danielle Marie SIPP, USA
Anya Jacqueline TANG, USA
Ruth Catherine THOMAS, USA
Eleanor WARD, USA
Finn Otis YETPLÉ, USA
Clara YUSTE-GOLOB, USA & Spain
Sahar ZAR, Tunisia
Ulana ZHUSSIP, Kazakhstan
Adan ZIA, Pakistan
Matthew Daiqing ZHANG, USA
2021
Mona ABD EL-GAWAD, Egypt
Mohammad AL ADDASI, Jordan
Ghala ALNAQBI, UAE
Bailey ANDERSON-KITA, USA
Tara AWATE, India
Andrew BARBER, USA
Sansar BATBAYAR, Mongolia
Nina BALLERSTEDT, USA
Varvara BORDYUG, Ukraine
Grace CHAN, USA
Leyun CHENG, China
Aleksandr CHOBANYAN, Armenia
Anuva CHOWDHURY, Bangladesh/USA
Kathryn DAEMICKE, USA
Anna DAI-LIU, USA
Ayezah DAR, USA
Adele DONOVAN, USA
Christopher EID, Lebanon
Alle FAEQ, Iraq
Anna FOX, USA
Basant GERGES, Egypt
Brianna GONZALEZ ULLOA, USA
Mariam GULEDANI, Georgia
Arshiya HUSAIN, Pakistan
Yashaswi JAISHY, USA
Claire JIANG, USA
Emily JONES, USA
Charlotte JUDKINS, USA
Andrew KANG, USA
Mariia KARACHEVA, Russia
Khalida KHAIRI
Courtney KIM, USA
Victoria KISHOIYIAN, USA
Elizaveta KUKAVA, Georgia
Victory LADIPO, USA
Natalia LASHLEY, USA
Aneesah LAWRENCE, USA
Tenuun LKHAGVADORJ, Mongolia
Zainab LODI, Pakistan
Spencer MADSEN, USA
Maude MALONE, USA
Ariya MASHIYAT, Bangladesh
Aliyeva MEHRIBAN, Azerbaijan
Bi Bi Aisha MURADI
Rudaina MUSTANSIR, Bangladesh
Reina NAJJAR, Lebanon
Azizakhon NAZAROVA, Tajikistan
Roza NICHIRVAN, Iraq
Kaden NZARO, USA
Amalou OASSOU, Morocco
Ife OLATONA, USA
Joanna PETERS, USA
Ayman RAAKIN HAQUE, Bangladesh/USA
Niloufar RASOULI
Emily RIGHTER, USA
Maia ROOTHAAN, USA
Anna SAFRONOVA, Russia
Joe SAWMA, Lebanon
Kritheeshwar SENTITCUMARAN, Sri Lanka
Ulyana SIROTKINA, Russia
Caeleigh STAMPER, USA
Neptune STEVENS, USA
Haritha SUGATHADASA, Sri Lanka
Anxing SHEN, China
Janina SHIVDASANI, India
Shue Ying Lauren TAN, USA
Sara TANNOUS, Lebanon
Abigail TENENBAUM, USA
Daiana USSENKHAN, Kazakhstan
Isabella VALENZUELA, USA
Luke WILLIS, USA
Alma YAAFOURI, Lebanon
Charlotte YEUNG, USA
Aruzhan ZHANABATYROVA, Kazakhstan
Sophia ZHAO, USA
Vivian ZHU, USA
Luka ZUKHUBAIA, Georgia
2022
Angela Hassan ABD ELKHALEK, Lebanon
Hooria AKHGAR, Afghanistan
Miral Ibrahim ALMUASHER, Jordan
Ifsat Jerin APSARA, Bangladesh
Anel AZHIBAYEVA, Kazakhstan
Sophiko DATUASHVILI, Georgia
Daniel Ayman EL-DANAF, Lebanon
Julia FINKE, USA
Charlie HALL, USA
Sova Sarkawt HAMA HUSSEIN, Iraq
Oleksandra HOROPAKHA, Ukraine
Cennuo HU, Ukraine
Adele JOHNSTON, USA
Marita Tateos JOULFAYAN, Lebanon
Aarush JOSHI, USA
Ghida KAWTHARANI, Lebanon
Zuyena KEHKASHA, Bangladesh
Vahan MANISAJIAN, Armenia
Ramzi Zaid MASANNAT, Jordan
Jaylen McCULLOUGH, USA
Ekaterine METREVELI, Georgia
Omar Mahmoud MNFY, Egypt
Dana Nagah MOUSA, Egypt
Divansshi MUKUNTHAN, Sri Lanka
Sara Tarek NAJIA, Lebanon
Iryna Oleksandrivna NESCHOTNA, Ukraine
Oleksandra NIKANOVA, Ukraine
Doktor Dominika OLEKSZANDRIVNA, Ukraine
Deju OLUWADIMIMU, USA
Onur OZTEMIR, Turkey
Tetiana PAVLINA, Ukraine
Vasilisa POLISHCHUCK, Russia
Hamid REZAEE, Afghanistan
Kate ROWBERRY, USA
Aleksandra RUZAVINA, Russia
Khrystyna SAIKO, Ukraine
Atoulloh SALIMOV, Tajikistan
Abdulrahman Sabir SULAIMAN, Iraq
Tsovinar TADEVOSYAN, Armenia
Tara VUPHAM, USA
Jessica WANG, USA
2023
Lina ALIMIZADA, Afghanistan
Roshmi DASGUPTA, India
Tanatsiwa DUBE, Zimbabwe
Sahil GANDHI, USA
Elizabeth HSU, USA
Ankita JAIKUMAR, USA
Miguel KATTOUAH, Lebanon
Shalom LIVINGSTON, Ghana
Uzayer MASUD, Bangladesh
Shamiso NYONI, Zimbabwe
Brynne O’HARE, USA
Nina PERCHANI, Pakistan
Azima QUYUM, Bangladesh
Narges RASOULI, Afghanistan
Sofia RASTELLI, USA
Cyril SACKEY, Ghana
Alex SHILKROT, USA
Asma SULTANI, Afghanistan
Inis TAGBOR, Ghana
Aleena TAHIR, Pakistan
Amari TAYLOR, USA
Isabella VICARI, USA
Farwa WAFAYEE, Afghanistan
Mia WALKER, USA
Ava WONG, USA
Emma WONG, USA
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