Objectives

We are instituting the The Rama Mehta Writing Grant to identify, encourage and support emerging women writers from Rajasthan. Women writers from Rajasthan who write in Mewari/Marwari, Urdu, Hindi, and English are allowed to participate. Writers who are not yet published (not counting newspapers) will be preferred.

This year, the writing to be submitted shall be a 1,500 word short story that explores the theme of Belonging.

Once the application is submitted, a jury will go through the entries and select 4-5 writers in each language. The selected writers will be invited to a 3-day residential writers' workshop in Udaipur where they will interact with experienced writers. At the end of the workshop, the jury will select one author from each language who will receive the Rama Mehta Writing Grant of Rs. 25,000 each.

Eligibility

• The participant must be a woman

• The participant must be at least 18 years of age

• The participant must be a resident of Rajasthan, either by birth, or marriage, or education or job.

Terms & Conditions

The following terms & conditions must be agreed to in order to be eligible

• The application consists a detailed list of all publications where the participants work has already been published in the past. The trust encourages relatively unpublished authors.

• This is the participants original work. If at any time it comes to the Trust's notice that the writing has been plagiarised (in part or in full), the Trust will reject my application and even revoke the award in case it has already been given.

• If a participant is shortlisted, she will compulsorily attend a 3 day residential writer's workshop in Udaipur.

• If shortlisted, the participant’s work may be brought out by the Trust in the form of a publication at some point.

• The participant is aware that the decision of the jury will be final and binding in all respects. The Trust is not obligated to provide any reasons for the selection made.