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Award for Indian writers
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Indiaplaza.in has announced its annual awards in bid to recognise fine writing on the Indian literary scene
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Indiaplaza.in, (formerly fabmall.com) one of India’s leading online shopping destination has instituted the Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Awards.
To be held annually, the award is aimed at encouraging quality writing amongst Indian authors. Leading publishing houses in India have been invited to nominate their best books published in the calendar year 2007 for the long-list of the award.
A panel of book reviewers and critics will then shortlist 5 books which will be evaluated by an eminent panel of judges for the final “Critics’ Choice Award” The booklovers will nominate the “Reader’s Choice Award” through the online voting on www.indiaplaza.in.
The panel includes celebrated writer and former BBC journalist Sir Mark Tully, writer and well-known theatre critic Shanta Gokhale, and award winning author and columnist Anita Nair, Novelist Mahasweta Devi who is the recipient of prestigious awards like Padma Vibhushan, Magsaysay and Jnanpith.
(For details, authors’ profiles and regular updates visit indiaplaza.in/goldenquill)
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