tollygungeclub.org Short Story Competition 2015 Kolkata : The Tollygunge Club & Starmark

Organization : The Tollygunge Club & Starmark
Competition Name : Short Story Competition 2015
Applicable For : Tollygunge Club Members
Club Loctaion : Kolkata
Competition Last Date : 31 July 2015

Website : http://www.tollygungeclub.org/
Competition Rules : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/1160-Story2015.pdf

Short Story Competition 2015:
We waited for you to gather new experiences, put together new tales, think through events, dream wide and big, put ears to the grape wine…..all that which may help turn it into a good short story that you would like to pen down and share.

Update :
Tollygunge Club Short Story Competition 2017 : www.contest.net.in/24376.html

So without any further delay .. fish out that sheaf of paper or better still get your tablet or laptop. Curl into a comfortable position on your favourite chair by the window or at your workstation. Thread an original short story that can help discover the joy of writing and sharing it with others.

The Reward:
Winning Entry:
One free night stay for two at the Tollygunge Club & Gift Vouchers from Starmark

Next 2 Best Entries:
Gift Vouchers from Starmark

Winners will be felicitated at an event & the prize winning stories will be published in The Tolly Tatler

The Judges:
Champak Basu Writer
Anjum Katyal Editor & Writer
Amar Agarwala Writer

Registration at the Library or by email at library@tollygungeclub.org

Please read the Competition Rules & Details (available at the Library & on the Library Webpage)

Theme : Open
Language : English
Last Date for Submission: 31 July 2015

The Tollygunge Club, Annual Short Story Competition 2015:
‘The Joy of Writing & Sharing’:
The Tollygunge Club Annual Short Story Competition for members is back ! With the overwhelming success of the 2013 edition, we are now opening entries for the 2015 chapter. As you would know that we have decided to hold this competition once every two years. This has been done deliberately. To help you gather new experiences, put to-gether new tales, think through events, dream wide and big, put ears to the grape wine…..all that which may help turn it into a good short story that you would like to pen down and share.

So why wait? Take a sheaf of paper or better still your tablet or laptop. Curl into a comfortable position on your fa-vourite chair by the window or at your workstation. Thread an original short story that can help discover the joy of writing and sharing it with others.

The Event:
The Library Sub Committee presents the second Annual Short Story Competition for all Tollygunge Club Members. To make it easy here are the following guidelines:

Theme : Open ( it could vary from personal incidents, romance, murder, supernatural etc.,)
Open to : Members of Tollygunge Club above the age of 18 years (Gymkhana and Dependent included)
Max Words : 2000
Language : English only
Last Date of Entry : 31st July 2015
Caveat : Should be an original piece of work and not published elsewhere prior to and after this event without permission
Acceptance: Printed copies in double space, Font – Times Roman point 12. Four (4) copies to be handed over to the Library in a sealed cover by 31st July 2015 with Name and Membership number, Mobile number and email address on the envelope AND NOT ON THE MANUSCRIPT

Our Judges:
1. Ms. Champak Basu continued her interest in writing even after her marriage. She has written a number of Com-pany histories, including that of the ITC Limited and the Indo Burma Petroleum Company. She has also penned books for children, and wrote articles in popular journals and newspapers one of the most famous of them being Cof-fee Break in The Telegraph Kolkata under her pen name of Pakshi Vasudeva
2. Ms. Anjum Katyal has been involved in theatre publishing for decades as an editor, writer, translator and critic. She was Chief Editor of Seagull Books and is presently Consultant (Publications) with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), a research institute based in Kolkata. She is also a Consultant with Oxford Bookstore. She has a background in education and teacher training. A published poet, she also sings the blues and reviews and writes on theatre and the visual arts.
3. Mr. Amar Agarwala is a practicing Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. A motivational speaker, Amar spends his time between Ceuta in Spain and Kolkata. His works include Missing Varrun, Horizonte Azul (Blue Horizon) a book of poems, and Un Despertar (An Awakening) a play – both done in collaboration with the Govt of Spain, Astral Runner (fantasy fiction). He has just finished Calcutta Kaleidoscope – a collection of short stories. He also possesses a degree in Law and is also an MBA.

The Reward:
The event will conclude with a grand Awards Evening where the winners will meet the Judges and have excerpts read from the works.