Fellows of Nature FON South Asia Short Story Contest 2016

Competition Name : Fellows of Nature FON South Asia Short Story Contest 2016
Applicable For : Residents/Nationalities of any of the South Asia Countries
Applicable Countries : India, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Competition Last Date : 30th May 2016

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FON South Asia Short Story Contest :

Participation & Eligibility:
** Entrant must be a national of any of the South Asia countries and should be living in South Asia at the time of participation.

Related :

Kids World Fun Short Story Writing Contest 2016 : www.contest.net.in/9927.html

** Entrant must be 21 years or above on 1 March 2016. Entrant must produce the proof of age and nationality at the time of submission (any government issued ID card such as Voters ID, Driving License, Passport, Aadhaar Card (Indian Nationals) and/or Government University IDs).
** Only unpublished and unproduced Entry can be submitted for participation in the Contest.
** Entry should be in English, and that includes translation in English from any other language.

Award:
** The winner of the Contest shall be presented the FON South Asia Short Story Award.
** The Award shall comprise of INR 1,00,000 (INR One hundred thousand rupees only) together with a plaque.
** The payment of Award amount shall be made to the winner by cheque/draft or transfer in bank account of the winner.
** The Award is funded by NHP Centre from its own resources.
** The name of the award is FON South Asia Short Story Award.
** The Award shall be presented to the winner at Kumaon Literary Festival to be held from 11-15 October 2016 in India.

FON Book of Short Stories:
** The Jury shall recommend 20-30 Entries for consideration by Steering Committee for publishing as a book of short stories by Wisdom Tree.
** Out of Entries recommended by the Jury as afore stated, the Steering Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion, select such number of Entries as it may deem appropriate and necessary for inclusion in the FON Book of Short Stories.
** The decision of Steering Committee will be final.

Jury:
An international jury comprising of the following members will select the Entry for the Award and shortlist the Entries for FON Book of Short Stories:
1. Siddhartha Gigoo
2. Jerry Pinto
3.Mridula Koshy
** Siddhartha Gigoo shall be the Chairperson of the Jury.
** The Jury shall be assisted by a Pre-Jury consisting of experienced readers and literary enthusiasts selected by the Steering Committee.
** The Jury shall be guided strictly by the Selection Criteria without being influenced by gender, caste, religion, and nationality of the Entrant or any criterion or factor other than the Selection Criteria.
** In the absence of consensus, the decision of Jury shall be taken by majority. In the event of a split, the Chairperson shall have the casting vote.
** The decision of the Jury shall be final and no queries or challenge will be entertained in that respect thereof.

Contest Timeline:
** The Contest shall open at 12 Noon (IST) on 1 March 2016 and close on 12 Noon (IST) 30th May 2016.
** No Entry shall be accepted before the Contest opening date and time or after the Contest closing date and time.

Submission Rules:

** Entry must be original and must be submitted directly by the author of the short story.
** Entry must be submitted online in the form and manner presided on the website.
** Only one Entry per writer is admissible for submission for the FON South Asia Short Story Award and the FON Book of Short Stories.
** The Entry must be the Entrant’s own work. It must also be for adult or young adult readers.
** The Entry must be original and should be unpublished and unproduced anywhere in full or in part on or before October 2016. Published work is taken to mean published in any printed, publicly accessible form, e.g. anthology, magazine, newspaper, personal blog, personal website, social networking site. Entries must not have previously been broadcast or won a prize.
** Entries must have 2000 words minimum and 3000 words maximum, which includes the title. Entries which do not follow the word limit will be disqualified. Entries should not contain any pictures or other material.
** Entries should be uploaded in a PDF document. File name should be the title of short story. Documents bearing any other name, including author’s name, will not be considered. The first page should include the title of the story and the number of words.
** The file name must be the title of the story. (If your story is untitled, the file name must be the first five words of the story).
** Entries will not be returned so please keep a copy. No corrections or alterations can be made after entries have been received.