Once again, our aim is to find and encourage the best non-fiction writing in India. Thecompetition will be judged by a distinguished panel comprising Outlook’s Editor-in-Chief Vinod Mehta,Managing Editor Sandipan Deb, Jason Cowley, Literary Editor of The New Statesman, and novelistSiddhartha Deb.
Entries should focus on the theme of Food. The pieces can be serious or humorous. Theycould, for example, explore the joy of food, the various ways in which different cultures are reflectedthrough their foods (and vice versa), the pains of dieting, or the ecstasies of anorexia. But please, norecipes.
Pieces must be limited to 3,000 words and any form of non-fiction writing is acceptable. Closing date forentries is December 15, 2003. The prizes will be presented at the Delhi Book Fair in February 2004.
The Prizes
Outlook will publish the winning piece. All shortlisted entries will be published on www.outlookindia.com For the winner, a prize of 25 Picador paperbacks (currently in print) of the winner’schoice PLUS a cash prize of £500. The two runners-up will each receive 8 Picador India titles. Please sendyour entry with your name and address clearly marked on the script (not on separate page) to:
NON-FICTION COMPETITION,
PICADOR INDIA,
5A/12 ANSARI ROAD,
DARYAGANJ,
NEW DELHI 110002
Please Note
No material will be accepted after December 15, 2003.
Conditions of entry and guidelines:
Pieces to be limited to 3,000 words. Entries must be submitted on paper. E-mails and disks cannot besubmitted. Pieces can be a whole or part of an essay or a book. Entries to be limited to one piece per person.Author must be an Indian resident and the work should be previously unpublished. Entrants cannot be employeesof Outlook or Pan/Macmillan.
Material will not be returned and receipts will not be sent.
