What: The Shakti Bhatt Memorial Reading & Tribute on September 27, 2007. The Shakti Bhatt Foundation will announce the inaugural 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.

Details:

~7 pm on September 27, at Charbagh, British Council

~ September 27 would have been the writer and editor Shakti Bhatt's 27th birthday. To celebrate the occasion, her friends will read from her work and remember her with poetry, short fiction and music.

~ The Shakti Bhatt Foundation will announce the inaugural 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.

~ All are welcome.

~ The Shakti Bhatt Foundation was set up by her family to keep her memory
alive. It wishes to reward first-time authors of all ages. Any first book
published between June 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 is eligible. Specific questions can email jeet.thayil@gmail.com

~ We invite entries in the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction (travel writing, autobiography, biography, and narrative journalism) and drama.

~ The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize is a cash award of one lakh rupees. A 3-member panel of judges will shortlist 6 books published between June 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. The 2008 panel of judges includes William Dalrymple and Kamila Shamsie. Deadline for entries is July 15, 2008.

~ Only books published in India are eligible.

~ Publications must be in English or translated into English from an Indian language. Vanity press publications are ineligible.

~ The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is a non-profit trust. Books should be sent to
the following address:

The Shakti Bhatt Foundation
166/A Rajmahal Vilas Ext
8B Main Road
Bangalore 560 080

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