AutHer Awards 2025 winners announced at a grand event in New Delhi: Check out the complete list

It was an thrilling night at Taj Palace, New Delhi this Friday (March 21, 2025) as the viewers witnessed a heart-warming celebration of Indian ladies writers on the event of AutHer Awards 2025 winner bulletins. The AutHer Awards, a three way partnership between JK Paper and The Times of India, celebrates ladies authors who’ve added worth and creativity to the literary house. From authors, publishers, and academicians to e-book lovers, politicians, and artistes– the sixth version of AutHer Awards was attended by a few of the largest names in the literary world.
International Booker Prize 2022 winner Geetanjali Shree was the Chief Guest for AutHer Awards 2025. While, actress-author Ila Arun was the Guest of Honour for the event.
The winners are…
The AutHer Awards 2025 winners have been announced in 4 main classes, specifically– Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children’s Literature, and Debut. A Lifetime Achievement award, a Prize in the Popular Choice class (primarily based on an internet ballot), and a Best Manuscript Award have been additionally given.
The AutHer Awards 2025- Best Author Fiction was given to 2 ladies authors this time! While Tania James received the award for ‘Loot’ (revealed by Penguin Hamish Hamilton), Namita Gokhale received the award for ‘Never Never Land’ (revealed by Speaking Tiger).
The AutHer Awards 2025- Best Author Non-Fiction was given to not one however two ladies authors. The award was given to Aruna Roy for ‘The Personal Is Political: An Activist’s Memoir’ (revealed by HarperCollins Publications India), and to Alpa Shah for ‘The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon And The Search For Democracy In India’ (additionally revealed by HarperCollins Publications India).
The AutHer Awards 2024- Best Author Debut Award was awarded to Nayanima Basu for her e-book ‘The Fall Of Kabul: Despatches From Chaos’ (revealed by Bloomsbury India).
The AutHer Awards 2024 for Best Children’s Author was additionally given to 2 ladies writers! Author Kripa received the award for her e-book ‘Art Is A VoiceDevika’ revealed by Ektara Trust, whereas Andaleeb Wajid received the award for ‘The Henna Start-Up’ which is revealed by Duckbill Books.
The Popular Choice Award was received by two ladies writers: Astha Gill for her e-book ‘STM: Student-Teacher-Meet’ and Divsargun Kaur for the e-book ‘Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji’, for garnering the most variety of votes on-line.
Veteran Indian creator and journalist, Shanta Gokhale was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award this yr for her timeless contribution to Indian writing.
And lastly, the AutHer Awards 2025 for Best Manuscript was given to Tista Hijli for ‘Alchemy of Love’. Meanwhile, Indrani A. Deo was the Best Manuscript Runner-up. The award recognises and conjures up budding writers to let their imaginations soar.
The choice course of
The Longlist, Shortlist, and Winners for AutHer Awards 2025 have been chosen after a number of layers of screening, adopted by detailed discussions amongst a panel of eminent jury. This yr The Times of India acquired greater than 2000 entries, submitted by each publishers and authors, for the coveted ladies writers awards which is the first of its form in India. The jury thought-about books by ladies revealed in India between December 2023 and November 2024.
Check the complete Longlist for AutHer Awards 2025 HERE
Check the complete Shortlist for AutHer Awards 2025 HERE
The Jury
The Jury for this yr’s AutHer Awards 2025 in completely different classes included:
1. Fiction: Esther David, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, Trisha Das
2. Non-fiction: Ganesh N. Devy, Manu S Pillai, Shranaya Bhattacharya
3. Debut: Anita Nair, Sutapa Basu, Suvir Saran
4. Best youngsters’s literature: Priya Dutt, Anasuya Vaidya, Devashish Makhija
Talking about AutHer Awards and the choice course of, Jaya Bhattacharji Rose, Literary Director- AutHer Awards 2025, stated at the event, “The books that won at the AutHer awards tonight give reading pleasure and are thought-provoking. At the same time, they, hopefully, provoke readers to think differently and for themselves. The wonderful authors who have written them range from teenagers to those on the higher side of fifty. They have written across a breathtaking array of diverse genres — from picture books, to nonfiction, young adult novels, stories across faiths, folktales, climate fiction, literary fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, biographies, histories, war reporting, short stories, multi-generational sagas and mythologies.
“The Auther Awards wouldn’t be potential with out our eminent jurors, famend for his or her mental heft and the depth of their work in the business — Prof Devy, Esther David, Priya Dutt, Suvir Saran, Trisha Das, Manu Pillai, Shrayana Bhattacharya, Sutapa Basu, Anasuya Vaidya, Anita Nair, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi and Devashish Makhija. A particular thanks to our jurors: for his or her time and for his or her appreciation of the nuances of writing.
“We are really proud that the Auther awards is the first and biggest award for women writers in India. I hope you enjoy reading and discovering the AutHer awards literature as much as we have.”
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