Lokman Hakim is the author of 23 novels, 11 novellas, three short story collections, two poetry collections, and a nonfiction book. He was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and in 2024, received the Anugerah Penulis Harapan Sarawak at the Anugerah Sastera Sarawak ke-11.
His works have earned numerous literary awards, including the Hadiah Sastera Selangor (2019, 2021, 2024), the Hadiah Sastera Penulis Sarawak (2019, 2020, 2022), and the Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia (2019/2020, 2021/2022). His acclaimed short stories—“Tivi Rafah,” “Jam Menanggalkan Jarumnya Lalu Menghitung…,” “Selimut,” “Masjid,” “Tiga Cerita Tentang Bahasa,” and “Gergasi”—have each won major prizes in these national and state-level literary awards.
His novel Kosmonaut (DBP, 2021) was longlisted for the Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia 2021/2022 (Novel Category), while his short story collection Pengap (Biblio, 2022) was shortlisted in the Short Story Collection Category for the same award cycle.
An active and prolific writer, Lokman continues to write short stories on weekly basis and had his short stories published in local literature magazines, newspaper and portal such as Dewan Sastera, Dewan Bahasa, Tunas Cipta, Cukaria, SelangorKini, Berita Harian and Mingguan Malaysia.