Register and be a Storyeller!

STEP 1. Reader-Leader Clubs

Find, inspire and grow talent in your school by registering on our website www.katha.org/kathautsav and starting a Reader-leader Club. The registered schools will get a password. Organize an On-the-Spot Search for Excellence in Creative Writing in your school in the following categories: Class IV to VII Class VIII to XII The selected stories will need to be uploaded on the aforementioned website. Students can write their stories/poems in English or Hindi.

STEP 2. Creative Writing workshops

October- November 2018, the selected 1500 semi-finalists and their accompanying mentors will be invited to attend the Regional Writers’ Workshops to hone their talent and win a place in the National Writers’ Workshop. The semi-finalists will be given an opportunity to further develop and revise their submitted stories/ translations/poems under the guidance of professional writers, poets and translators. At the conclusion of Regional Writers’ Workshops, students will submit their stories for the FINAL ROUND.

STEP 3 The National Katha Utsav

The submissions will be screened by experts who will select about 400-500 of the best entries for the National Katha Utsav 2018. The finalists and their mentors will be invited to attend the Katha Utsav at New Delhi.The National Katha Utsav will be a fourday event, with masterclasses by experts from the literary field. Katha will also organize meetings with publishers and literary agents.

Throwback to Katha Utsav 2018