Winners of the 1st Simorgh Peace Prize are:
– Elias Alawi in the Afghanistan Poetry Category for the poem “I pray to God for the grapes to ripen”
– Seyyed Mehdi Moussavi in the Iran Poetry Category for the poem “Those dark clouds and these shadows are ominous”
– Aman Pouyamak in the Afghanistan Story Category for the story “No harm in trying”
– Hossein Shekarbeigi in the Iran Story Category for the story “There was the war”
Furthermore, 10 people were praised: Ms. Zahra Hosseinzada (Afghanistan), Mr. Amanollah Mirzaei (Afghanistan), Mr. Sohrab Sirat (Afghanistan), Mr. Ebrahim Amini (Afghanistan), Ms. Zahra Zahedi (Afghanistan), Ms. Sanaz Beheshti (Iran), Mr. Vahid Talat (Iran), Ms. Mona Shojaei (Iran), Ms. Sadigheh Bastani (Iran), and Mr. Javad Kelidari (Iran)
