ISLAMABAD: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) will soon announce its first “NCSW Literary Award 2018” for young women writers to encourage them for promoting women’s rights through their creative writings. Two awards will be given to the best submissions, one in Urdu language and the other in a provincial language of the country. Decision for the award will be made by a selection committee appointed by NCSW. Decision of the committee will be final. Winner will get a monetary prize and their work will be published by NCSW. An official said that a large number of women from across the country submitted works of fiction in the form of collection of short stories and novel. Only unpublished original work will be accepted. Published in Daily Times, April 15th 2018.