Humaira Rashid was winner of the Muslim Writers Awards in 2009, as well as the winner of the Unpublished Short Story for her story, Crash and Burn. In 2008 Humaira was also awarded first prize for the Under 16s category of MWA in 2008. She is now studying medicine at the University of Leicester and dreams of being a published author. Humaira volunteered to take part as a judge for the YMWA, in order to give back to the initiative which encouraged and inspired her to keep writing.
