SahityaAkademi has invited applications from publishers and young authors of the age of 35 and below for YuvaPuraskar 2019.
As per press notification, SahityaAkademi invites books for yuvapurskar from publishers and young authors who should be 35 or below on January 1, 2019.
The last date of submission of forms is August 20, 2018.
The books should be submitted along with the attested copy of date of birth certificate. Further information about the submission can be obtained from http://sahitva-akademi.qov.in.
It is pertinent to mention, SahityaAkademi introduced YuvaPuraskar in 2011 to encourage young writers writing in Indian languages and who are below the age of 35. Since then a total of 151 awards have been given to the best book by young Indian authors in the Indian languages recognized by the Akademi, viz., Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Santali, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
These awards are presented at a prestigious ceremony and comprise an amount of Rs 50,000/-, a plaque and a citation.