ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival Invites Entries for
Second Annual Writing Competition Seeking Bloggers and Literature Fans
Supported by Teamwork Arts, the initiative will help encourage the next generation of top bloggers from India and abroad
New Delhi, October 21, 2015: If you can entertain audiences through words and are a fan of literature who wants to get close to the action, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival and Teamwork Arts are offering you a fantastic opportunity.
The ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival announces the return of its popular Annual Writing Competition after its successful first year. This competition demonstrates Teamwork Arts’ and the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival’s investment in writers across platforms and in sharing as widely as possible the passion and excitement of literature and of the world’s greatest literary gathering.
In its second year, the Annual Writing Competition offers bloggers and those fired up about literature a chance to inspire audiences through their words on the Festival’s official blog, which receives more than 500,000 hits during the festival. The winners are also invited to get under the skin of the festival, which runs 21st to 25th January.
The ten winners of the competition are offered the incredible opportunity to join the Festival as part of its official blogging team. They also have the chance to meet and learn from over 250 celebrated authors appearing at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival. The successful entrants are provided with training in the art of blogging and receive a bursary to cover domestic travel, accommodation and meals.
To apply, applicants must submit book reviews, short stories, literary articles or creative responses of 1,000 words, or 50 lines of poetry on any of the Festival’s past or upcoming authors and their works.
The competition is open for applicants above the age of 18 and the last date for submitting entries are till December 15th 2015. Winners will be announced on December 20th. More details can be found on: http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/
This year’s edition of the Festival brings an exciting line-up of authors to Jaipur including Margaret Atwood, Armistead Maupin and Stephen Fry, amongst many others. The first wave of over 150 writers is now available online atwww.jaipurliteraturefestival.org
Sanjoy K. Roy, Managing Director of Teamwork Arts and Producer of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, said, “Last year’s first ever Annual Writing Competition saw a tremendous response from young writers across India, especially Rajasthan, and from countries as far afield as the United States, UK, Canada, Egypt, Singapore Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the UAE and Nepal. This competition demonstrates the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival’s core aim to support and promote artistic expression through writing and passion for literature. We look forward to an even bigger response in this second year, and I encourage those with a way with words to take part in the competition and to join us in Jaipur for the greatest literary gathering on Earth.”
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About the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
The largest free literature festival in the world, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival has been described as the ‘greatest literary show on Earth’. Celebrating writers from across the world, the Festival has hosted some of the best regarded and loved names ranging from Nobel Laureates and Man Booker Prize winners to star debuts including Orhan Pamuk, JM Coetzee, John Berendt, Ian McEwan, Vikram Seth, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer, Simon Schama, Hanif Kureishi, Samantha Shannon, Vikram Chandra, Michael Frayn, Tina Brown, Shashi Tharoor, and Mohammed Hanif, amongst many others.
Writers and Festival Directors William Dalrymple and Namita Gokhale invite authors from across the globe to take part in the five-day programme set against a backdrop of Rajasthan’s stunning cultural heritage and the Diggi Palace in the state capital Jaipur.
Equity and democracy runs through the Festival’s veins placing some of the world’s greatest literary minds, humanitarians, historians, politicians, business leaders, sports people and entertainers from all walks of life on stage together. This free and egalitarian access to these renowned thinkers and writers is powerful statement in a country where access to such individuals remains a privilege of few. The ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival provides a potentially life-changing opportunity for audiences from Rajasthan, across India and the world to learn from and exchange ideas with contemporary literary stalwarts.
The Festival is a flagship event of Teamwork Arts, which produces over 25 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities globally, and is produced by Sanjoy K. Roy and Sheuli Sethi. Since 2014, JLF has spread its wings beyond the borders of India with weekend events at London’s Southbank Centre in May and Boulder, Colorado in September.
Website: http://www.jaipurliteraturefestival.org
About Teamwork Arts
For over 25 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India.
In countries such as Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Korea Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA, Teamwork produces over 25 highly acclaimed performing arts, visual arts and literary festivals across more than 40 cities.
Teamwork produces one of the world’s largest free literary gatherings, the annual ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival, international festivals Shared History in South Africa, Eye on India in the United States of America, India by the Bay in Hong Kong, and many more.
