Indradhanu International Creative Writing Contest:                                      In association with Non Resident Oriya Facilitation Center (NROFC)

Dear kids, we are looking for young talented writers among you! Are you waiting to publish your article? Then participate in the "Indradhanu Creative Writing contest". Send us your original writing to kids@worldorissa.com. The Annual winner of the each year's Indradhanu contests will receive the award at the Pravasi Oriya Divas Celebration at Bhubaneswar, Orissa during December each year.  This year  the 4th Pravasi Oriya Divas is on 23rd December 2007, Sunday. In addition to the annual winner there will be two periodic winners declared for entries from Jan to April and second for entries from May to August.

Award: The award will comprise of

Periodic winners

(1) A certificate of merit.

( 2) cash or gift certificate of $ 20.00 (Twenty) USD.

Annual Indradhanu International Creative Writing Award:

(1) A certificate of merit.

( 2) cash or gift certificate of $ 100.00 (One hundred) USD.

Contest Rules: The contest is open for Oriya kids worldwide. The articles should be original, clearly written or typed and maximum of 3 pages on A4 size paper. You can submit your poems, stories, essays, travel stories or short skits or plays. The articles can be in English or Oriya. There is no specific theme for the contest. Just send your best article(s) as soon as you are ready. Yes, do not forget to mention your name, school name, age and title of your article. If selected we will need your passport picture to post with your article. Selected entries will be published at Indradhanu - WorldORISSA kids Corner. A maximum of one article per kid will be published per month.  However you can send us your articles previously for consideration for the next month.  Articles received within Nov first week of each year will be consider for the annual competition in the same year. The winner of The Indradhanu awards will be declared during the first week of December every year.

 Selection Process:

The winner of annual "Indradhanu International Creative Writing Contest" will be chosen from over all participations. Articles received within Nov first week of each year will be consider for the annual competition in the same year. The winner of The Indradhanu awards will be declared during the first week of December every year. The decision of the judges nominated by WorldORISSA.com will be final. The periodic winners will be chosen from the Individual entries  published during that period.

Note: Any unpublished but selected article will be published in the subsequent months and/or will be considered for our next contests.