Posting Video Recordings on Youtube

Video Links

1. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations (A Grade) | Category 1 Middle School | Part I

2. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations (A Grade)| Category 1 Middle School | Part II

3. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations (A Grade) | Category 2 High School | Part I

4. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations (A Grade) | Category 2 High School | Part II

5. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part I

6. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part II

7. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part III

8. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part IV

9. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part V

10.AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part VI

11.AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part VII

12.AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Category 3 | Poems Graded A | Part VIII

13. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Poems Graded A | Miscellaneous

14. AIFEST Poetry Contest 2020 | Best Poetry Recitations | Poems Graded A | Miscellaneous II

Please do like, share and comment not just to your own videos, but to those presented by others. For a change, let's watch, enjoy and appreciate other's creativity and talent before we appreciate our own. Let's cultivate a new culture of love and mutual concern which is the need of the hour. We are all part of one family, the AIFEST Family, and here we all love and care for each other. Encourage your friends and fellow poets for their creative efforts. Like their videos if you think you like them. Also comment on the videos, preferably make constructive comments so that everyone can improve, gain confidence and become better poets and orators in future. Let's grow by helping each other grow. In these cynical times it is important for each one of us to show that we care; being compassionate, understanding and inclusive is the way forward for humanity. The narcissistic I-My-Mine outlook can't take us anywhere. Let's join hands, under the shade of poetry, to recreate the warmth and humanity that we missed in our mad rush.

AIFEST YouTube Channel could have made a huge impact by uploading video submissions individually. That was easier for us, and that was what many of us would have liked; we could have shared our own "personal" videos with our friends, and then likes and comments and shares. The Channel would benefit immensely too. But then, what is Poetry without ears? What is literature without audience? Reading poetry in the comfort of my private space feels good sometimes; but these days, don't we yearn to go out, to meet, greet and mingle? When my poem is sandwiched between 2 other poems, maybe, my poem will feel a little irritated, a little nauseated, a little claustrophobic. But poetry can't be like us, right? It would enjoy the company of other poems, surely!

The first videos we posted were those submitted by our little kids from schools. Encourage them, enjoy their creativity, and instill the confidence and enthusiasm to mature into better and greater poets in times to come. There is no doubt that our world needs more and more poets, especially in these changing times.

Instructions for Authors of Selected Poems

 Dear participants who have secured A Grade for the Poetry Competition,

1. Regarding Video Recordings of Poems for Youtube

Who can Submit

All the authors of the poems that have secured A grade in the poetry competition can submit their video recordings to be posted on our Youtube channel. See the list of selected authors here. If your name features in this list, your poem is eligible to be posted.

How to Submit

Email your video recording to us at aifestevents@gmail.com . The video should be either attached to the email as a video attachment or shared through Google drive. In the email, mention the following details clearly:

1. Your name (official name. Should be the same as in the id proof you had submitted earlier)

2. The title/first line of your poem

3. Your Category (Category 1 Middle School / Category 2 High School / Category 3 Everyone Else)

Where will the Video Recording be Posted on Youtube

On the Official Youtube Channel of AIFEST. The channel features lectures, talks and various academic programmmes that AIFEST has conducted. Click here to See our Official Youtube Channel. You may subscribe to our channel to receive all future updates. However, subscription or liking the videos is not compulsory.

What Should be the Video Format

The video can be in .mpeg4 /.mp4 / .mov/ .wmv format. 

What Should be the Ideal Duration of the Video

There is no ideal duration. But we recommend that the video be at least of 2 minutes duration minimum. On the maximum, it can be 15 or 20 or 25 minutes, depending on the length of the poem and the kind of introduction you want to give. Basically, AIFEST want you to feel free regarding your creativity :)

Submission of video is not compulsory. If you have any queries, email us at aifestevents@gmail.com However, please make sure that you read the instructions carefully before making a query.

2. Regarding the Poetry Anthology

We are working on compiling and editing the poems for the anthology. There will be separate anthologies for each of the 3 categories. The anthology will be published online and will be made available on Amazon and other online platforms. The anthologies will be published officially in the name of AIFEST and will carry an ISBN number. All the poems that have secured an A Grade in the competition will be included in the anthology. The anthologies are expected to be published by 25th December 2020. All details will be updated on this blog itself. Stay tuned. 

If you don't wish to include your poem in the anthology, please inform us before 26th November via email to aifestevents@gmail.com

3. Regarding E-certificates

E-certificates have been distributed to all the winners 

4. Regarding Membership to AIFEST

Membership to AIFEST will be provided free of cost to everyone who secured an A Grade in the competition. But to receive your membership, you have to send an email to aifest.1984@gmail.com on or before 9th December 2020 with the following details:

1. Your name (official name. Should be the same as in the id proof you had submitted earlier)

2. Your institutional/ home address with City, State and Country

3. Your present academic status (If you are a student, provide your grade/course and the name of your institution. Others can write Research Scholar in the Department of / Assistant Professor/Faculty in / Housewife/Self-employed/ Unemployed etc)

4. Your email address

5. Mobile number (Students can provide their parent's number)

As the subject of the email, write "Request for Membership to AIFEST"

You will receive the membership confirmation letter as a reply to your email if your request is approved. You will receive a reply within 7 days.

AIFEST Poetry Competition Results 2020

Find the list of authors who have secured A Grades and are selected for publication in the poetry anthology posted below the list of Prize Winners. For queries, email us at aifestevents@gmail.com