Writing
Finalist, Lucie Photo Book Award, Independent Prize: Women of Kuwait, Sep 2019
Semi-finalist, Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award: Fountain of Youth, Apr 2016
Winner of the Voice of Success Program, en.v earth, for “Every Child Deserves a Home: Zeina Al-Sultan Unveils the Truths Behind Adoption in Kuwait,” Oct 2012
1st Place Winner of Taste of Jamaica’s Slam Poetry Competition, Kuwait: Oct 2010, Dec 2010, Feb 2016, and Jul 2016; 1st Runner Up: Dec 2011, Sep 2012, Apr 2014, and Jan 2015
Semi-finalist, Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award: Fountain of Youth, Apr 2016
Winner of the Voice of Success Program, en.v earth, for “Every Child Deserves a Home: Zeina Al-Sultan Unveils the Truths Behind Adoption in Kuwait,” Oct 2012
1st Place Winner of Taste of Jamaica’s Slam Poetry Competition, Kuwait: Oct 2010, Dec 2010, Feb 2016, and Jul 2016; 1st Runner Up: Dec 2011, Sep 2012, Apr 2014, and Jan 2015
Other
Arab Woman Award, Inspirational Woman, Harper Bazaar Arabia, 2018
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP): Empowering Youth Through the Performing Arts, USA, Apr 2018
MENA Salam Fellowship, World Peace Initiative’s Peace Revolution, Turkey, May 27–Jun 1st, 2016
Board of Trustees, Cultural Circle Prize for the Arabic Short Story (Almultaqa), 2015–2016
Honorary Fellowship in Writing, Iowa University’s International Writing Program, Writer in Residence, Aug 24, 2013–Nov 12, 2013, courtesy of Kuwait's Ministry of State for Youth Affairs.
Top Student, Kuwait University's MA in Comparative Literature, October 2010
International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP): Empowering Youth Through the Performing Arts, USA, Apr 2018
MENA Salam Fellowship, World Peace Initiative’s Peace Revolution, Turkey, May 27–Jun 1st, 2016
Board of Trustees, Cultural Circle Prize for the Arabic Short Story (Almultaqa), 2015–2016
Honorary Fellowship in Writing, Iowa University’s International Writing Program, Writer in Residence, Aug 24, 2013–Nov 12, 2013, courtesy of Kuwait's Ministry of State for Youth Affairs.
Top Student, Kuwait University's MA in Comparative Literature, October 2010