About the Organisation:
Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education commonly abbreviated as IDIA is a non-profit organisation working in India, which was founded by Dr. Shamnad Basheer. It aims to empower underprivileged children by giving them access to quality legal education. It is a student run movement to train underprivileged students and help them transform into leading lawyers and community advocates.
About the Competition:
The Pune Chapter of IDIA is conducting a pan-India Short Story Writing Competition called Spin-a-tale wherein the participants will have to weave a short story starting with the prompts provided and using the keywords mentioned within 800 words. The competition is open to everyone.
Theme:
Participants can chose among the two prompts provided:-
1. In our family, there is no clear line between dangerous experiments and exploding into a million pieces. On this particular afternoon, my father took it upon himself to shock a brain just enough to observe a change in behavior and cognitive ability. The obvious downsides not considered, his next trial participant was me….
- PSYCHEDELIC
- EPIPHANY
- A BLUE NOTEBOOK
- RESCUE
2. My mother called. Again. And again. And again. This time I had to take it, I couldn’t delay it further. She had found a new boy for me. Word was that he was ‘that kind’ too. Mothers, they’re never satisfied till their kids are ‘settled’!….
- LGBT+
- COMEDY/SATIRE
- INDIA
- THE COLOUR PINK
Prize:
All the participants will be provided with an E-Certificate of participation.
The winner and the runner up shall be awarded with cash prize of Rs 2000/- and Rs 1000/- respectively along with a certificate of merit.
The winning stories shall also be published on the official IDIA Blog.
Registration Details:
Students will have to register using the google form and the link for the same is –
Registration Form link HERE
Registration fee-
For sole author : Rs 150
Co- Authors : Rs 200
Submission Guidelines:
Refer to the rule book ( Rulebook link ) for the guidelines of submission, judging criteria etc.
Important Dates:
Commencement of Registration: 21st May, 2020
Registration Deadline: 31st May, 2020 (11:59 PM)
Last date for Submission of story: 11th June, 2020 (11:59 PM)
Announcement of Results: 21st June, 2020
In case of queries write us at: idialawpune@gmail.com