Programme to Mentor and Nurture Young Writers

Mentoring Young Authors

After the highly informative AIFEST Mega Lecture Series and the resounding success of the AIFEST International Poetry Competition, we wish to draw your attention to a novel initiative aimed at mentoring and nurturing Young Writers. Following the path shown by the National Educational Policy 2020, which emphasized empowering young minds & creating a learning ecosystem that can nurture young learners for future leadership roles, a national scheme for mentoring young authors has been launched under the visionary national level flagship programme of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat. For more details pertaining to the Mentoring Young Authors Initiative, and to know the latest ministry level updates regarding the same see the Government of India campaign regarding the same at mygov.in website or Click Here.

The scheme envisions to cultivate modern ambassadors of Indian literature as the country heads towards 75 years of independence. will help not only develop a stream of writers who can write on a spectrum of subjects to promote Indian heritage, culture and knowledge, but also provide a window to the aspiring youth to articulate themselves in their mother tongue and represent India at an international level. This programme will be in tune with the Honorable Prime Minister's vision of Global Citizen and to establish India as a Vishwa Guru.

The goal is to create a pool of authors in 22 Indian languages who are ready to express themselves and project India on any international platform. The young authors so mentored shall become proficient in writing in various genres like fiction, non-fiction, travelogues, memoirs, drama, poetry and so on.

Details

A total of 10 young authors from each of 22 official Indian languages + 1 English Language will be selected.

230 (23 x10) + 20 nominated.

Total = 250 young authors

It will be carried out in 2 phases as mentioned below:

Phase I – Training (6 months)

The National Book Trust, India will organise a Two-Week Writers’ Online Programme for the selected candidates for the first three months.

During this period, the young authors will be trained by two eminent authors/mentors from NBT’s panel of accomplished authors and writers, for each language groups.

PHASE II – Promotion (6 months)

The young authors will get to expand their understanding and hone their skills through interaction at various international events such as Literary Festivals, Book Fairs, Virtual Book Fair, Cultural Exchange Programmes, etc.

Selected child authors will also be paid annual scholarship

A book or a series of books written by the young authors will be published by NBT, India as the outcome of the mentorship programme.

Efforts will be made to get the selected books translated into UN and other international languages and promote the same through Indian embassies in collaboration with NBT.

The books thus published will be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of culture and literature between different states of India and thereby promoting Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat.

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AIFEST wishes to bring this news and the subsequent updates to all our aspiring young authors from across the country. Further, we wish to thank the Honourable Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modiji for launching such a noble initiative and the Government of India for taking it forward as per the guidelines of the National Educational Policy 2020.