Max Life Insurance, one of India’s leading life insurance companies, has opened the online platform for submission of stories and essays in the igenius Young Authors Hunt. Registered students can now submit their creative pieces through www.igenius.org.
The igenius Young Authors Hunt aims to promote the writing talent of young Indians and will culminate in a book of stories. Eminent authors, Ruskin Bond and Chetan Bhagat, will form a part of the expert jury members, while editorial support will be provided by Rupa Publications India.
Talking about this initiative, Anisha Motwani, Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Max Life Insurance said, The igenius Young Authors Hunt is a unique programme that celebrates, recognizes and rewards a child’s writing talent.
The process aims to nurture the budding young authors of the country. Writing is a form of talent that has immense potential to give your children the confidence for life and wings to their dreams of becoming a celebrated author one day. This platform will encourage them to bring out their excellence and who knows, we might have our next Ruskin Bond or Roald Dahl, she added.
The igenius Young Authors Hunt is open for all children between ages 8-15 years from all over India. There are 2 categories: Juniors (Age 8-12 years) and Seniors (Age 12-15 years).
igenius Young Authors’ Hunt (Juniors & Seniors) will go through a 3 Round evaluation process. The registration for the igenius Junior and Senior programme will be open till April 20, 2013 and the Creative Writing Submissions (Essay/ Short Story) will be open till April 30, 2013.
In Round 1, children can submit their creative writing within the word limit prescribed for each category. In Round 2 short-listed participants will have to appear for on-the-spot creative writing. The creative writing submission has two categories: Essay or Short Story. There is no specific topic for story writing and participants can write their own stories. The topics for the essays are listed on the website for the junior and senior categories.
The Final Round will have short-listed participants from Round 2 who will interact with the jury at the Grand Finale to be held in September 2013.
Additionally, Author’s Day will be organised in all offices of Max Life Insurance through a live simultaneous webcast with Ruskin Bond and Chetan Bhagat in two rounds. The budding writers can take writing tips from the authors through the webcast by visiting our offices.
- Grand First Prize: 40 top creative writings to be published in a book by Rupa Publications India and a Kindle e-reader.
- Second Prize: Next 60 creative writings to be published in a children’s publication or an igenius e-book and 60 Young Authors’ Scholarships worth Rs. 5000/- each.
- Consolation Prizes: 400 Children’s Book Hampers.
