Zkthepoet and Ahmed Masoud were declared as winners in the unpublished poetry and novel categories respectively. But despite the big names in the room it was a lesser known, emerging talent that succeeded in taking home the prize for Muslim Writer of the Year – Tam Hussein, also succeeded in the short story category for his new work, Little Flecks of Silver.[2] The winners were placed in writing programmes and partnered with editors and more established writers who will provide them with mentoring over the next year.[18]