1995
The Arab Women Writers Series, Garnet Publishing, edited by Fadia Faqir, was awarded The Women in Publishing New Venture Award
2001
Pillars of Salt Danish translation was the runner up for ALOA Literary Prize, given annually by the Centre for Literature from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania in Denmark
2009
The prelude of At the Midnight Kitchen was published as “Al-Qaeda’s Kitchen” in Weber Journal and won the Dr. Neila C. Seshachari Fiction Award
2010
“Under the Cypress Tree”, published in The Things I Would Tell You, Al Saqi, 2017, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize
My Name is Salma (The Cry of the Dove - USA title) Danish translation was the runner up for ALOA Literary Prize, given annually by the Centre for Literature from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania in Denmark
2016
Fadia Faqir was on the judging panel of Al-Multaqa Arabic Short Story Prize, sponsored by Al Multaqa Cultural Circle and the American University of Kuwait