A brand new award, the Rainbow Awards for Literature and Journalism, has been instituted to recognise work carried out by queer and cis-het writers’ narratives round LGBTQIA+ lives. It additionally hopes to encourage new writers within the style and present that each story makes a distinction in social constructs and perceptions. The awards intention to determine and reward exemplary affirmative work that carry to life authenticity, realities, tales of affection, trials, tribulations, vulnerabilities and energy of the queer neighborhood.
The submissions for the primary version of the awards started on Might 19 and can stay open until July 18. The awards are open to all Indians. They are often residents of India, residing and based mostly within the nation, or they can be residing elsewhere, however they need to maintain an official, government-recognised doc that states that they’re an individual of Indian origin. Authors, journalists, and freelance writers who meet these {qualifications} are eligible to use. The winners will probably be awarded with a money prize.
Writers will probably be awarded within the following class:
Literature
- Fiction: This contains novels, graphic novels and collections of quick tales (by a single writer).
- Nonfiction: This contains memoirs, biographies, historical past and something that doesn’t fall beneath Fiction.
Journalism
- Function: This entails an article of no less than 1,200 phrases.
- Op-Ed: This entails a chunk of no less than 1,200 phrases.
This 12 months’s jury will probably be chaired by writer and activist Pramesh Shahani, who will probably be joined by editor Adrija Bose, artwork historian and author Alka Pande, author and translator Anish Gawande, artist and author Jyotsna Siddharth, activist Kalki Subramaniam, author Parvati Sharma, author and translator Poonam Saxena, and author and researcher Sindhu Rajasekaran.
