LUMS Young Writers Workshop & Short Story Contest 2014 Lahore
Name of the Organization : Lahore University of Management Sciences (lums.edu.pk)
Name of the Contest : LUMS Young Writers Workshop & Short Story Contest 2014
Location : Lahore
Country : Pakistan
Deadline : May 31, 2014
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Writers Workshop & Short Story Contest 2014 :
The LUMS Young Writers Workshop was introduced in 2012 to address the lacuna of quality creative writing instruction in Pakistan.
Writers aged 18-26 years are invited to submit one work of fiction of no more than 4,000 words.
During the last two years, sixteen young writers have received mentorship to nurture their writing talent. We are very pleased to announce the dates for this year’s contest and workshop.
Call for Entries for LUMS Young Writers Workshop 2014 :
Through an open short-story contest, we will identify eight young writers from across Pakistan who will be invited to participate in a five-day residential creative writing workshop at LUMS. All expenses other than travel are covered by the Workshop.
Mentor and Guest Speaker for the Workshop 2014 :
LUMS Young Writers Workshop 2013 will be mentored by writer and translator, Bilal Tanweer, who teaches fiction writing at LUMS. His debut novel, The Scatter Here Is Too Great, was published in the Indian Subcontinent by Random House in 2013, and it is forthcoming in France, UK and the US in August 2014. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
The guest speaker for this year’s workshop is Chandrahas Choudhry, author of the novel, Arzee the Dwarf, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Book Award. Choudhury’s essays and book reviews have appeared in The National, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and The New York Times. He writes a weekly column for Bloomberg View covering Indian politics, society, and literature, and is Fiction and Poetry editor of the Indian monthly The Caravan.
Submissions for the contest :
There is no entry fee and submissions are via email only.
Other rules :
** Please do not submit previously published material.
** Submissions and the medium of instruction of the workshop will be English.
** The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2014.
** Students currently enrolled in LUMS are not eligible.
*You are welcome to submit your entry even if you do not fall in this age bracket. However, all other things being equal, writers between 18-26 will be given preference.
Please send your entries at :
Email- writersworkshop@lums.edu.pk along with your CV mentioning your date of birth, details of your education, your contact details including email, mailing address and phone number.
Terms and conditions:
By sending in an entry you express your consent to be available and willing to attend the workshop on August 6-10, 2014 and complete the reading assignment comprising 4 novels prior to the workshop. Boarding, lodging, meals, and tuition will be covered. Participants will be required to arrange for their own transportation to and from LUMS.
Result :
The results for the contest will be announced on June 13, 2014.
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