PRATHIDHWANI SRISHTI 2022 - Literary Competition: Guidelines for Short Stories, Poems and Articles
General Eligibility:
The contest is open to all the IT employees working in Kerala.
The entry must be an original work in the form of a Poem, Short story or Article.
The following are the 6 categories in Srishti 2022.
Short Story - Malayalam
Short Story - English
Poem - Malayalam
Poem - English
Article - Malayalam
Article - English
All entries must be submitted online to the following email address depends on the category:
Short Story : story.srishti@gmail.com Poem : poem.srishti@gmail.com Article : article.srishti@gmail.com
Entries should reach by no later than 30th November 2022.
Only individual participants are allowed.
Only one entry per category may be submitted by an individual.
Entries of submitted in previous Srishti competition won’t be considered for ‘Srishti 2022’.
Email Subject:
The entries should be emailed with the following subject lines for each categories.
“Srishti 2022<Category Name><Language><Name of the Participant>”
eg: In order to submit for Malayalam Poem, the subject line will be like the following,
Srishti 2022 Poem Malayalam Anildas
Entry Rules:
Stories and poems can be on any theme.
Entries should be in Unicode format.
Do not send the story/poem/article as an attachment. Cut and paste the content in body of the e-mail and send it.
Maximum length for each category:-
Poetry – 60 lines
Short story – 4,000 words
Article – 5,000 words
Topic For Article:
English:
- Benefits and challenges of Hybrid work model in IT industry .
- The future of Indian secularism.
- Highly educated and superstitious society in Kerala.
Malayalam:
- മതനിരപേക്ഷ ഇൻഡ്യയുടെ വർത്തമാനം
- അന്ധവിശ്വാസങ്ങളും സാക്ഷരകേരളവും
- സാമൂഹിക മാധ്യമങ്ങൾ പ്രതിസന്ധിയും പ്രതിവിധികളും
An Entry Must Also Have:
1) Title of entry
2) Participant’s full name
3) Company name and Location
4) Participant’s mobile number
5) Participant’s email address
6) Participant's Photograph
Be sure your name and other details are at the top of the submission.
Srishti 2022 Deadline:
Rush in your entries on/before 30th November 2022.
Wininng Entries:
Winning entries will be notified via telephone and email by end of December 2022, by the Prathidhwani team.
Judging:
The judging panel will comprise persons of eminence in literature & creative writing. The decisions of the judges are final.
Prizes:
Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in each category as judged by the Jury.
Along with the jury prizes, entries that were voted best by the readers via online will also be awarded.
Selected enties will be published in our facebook pages (Prathidhwani Technopark, Prathidhwani Kochi, Prathidhwani Calicut)
Viewrs Choice award will be based on the total number of Facebook post likes from all three Prathidhwani FB pages(Trivandum,Kochi,Calicut)
Decision to publish in Prathidhwani Facebook pages for voting shall only be with the organizing committee.
For Queries, contact:
Meera MS [General Convener, Srishti 2022] Mob:- 95622 93685 Subin [Joint Convener, Kochi] Mob: 94963 41215 Anil Das [Joint Convener, Trivandrum] Mob:98467 21471 Sreekanth[Joint Convener, Calicut] Mob: 85479 34462