Kathmandu, Feb. 4:
Baarhakhari Books has
announced a nation-wide modern story writing competition with the largest prize
amount.
The company has said
that the competition is the largest story writing event organised in the
country so far which invites writers of all age group and professional height.
Best three writers will
get Rs. 100,000, Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 40,000, and the winners will be selected by
the two tiers of juries. The first jury will select best 25 stories which will
be published in a book form and the second jury will select the best three
stories. All selected stories will receive Rs. 5,000 each as the remuneration.
Interested writers can
send their stories to Baarhakhari Books by March 4 in a digital form. The
winners will be announced on April 19 and the story book will also be launched
on the same day, said Lenin Banjade, coordinator of the event.
Story should be written
in Nepali language in 1,500 to 4,000 words, however, stories written in other
language can be translated and sent to the company.
Editor of Baarhakhari
Rajendra Parajuli said that the event was launched to increase the attraction
to story writing.
“In the past couple of years, short story writing is losing attraction.
Through the programme, we aim to promote story writing in the young generation
as well,” he said.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 5 February 2019.
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