Armed with the mighty pen, C Priya of Chinmaya Vidyalaya and Shreya Devnath of Padma Sheshadri Bala Bhavan won the Chennai city finals of ‘Classmate Young Author Contest 2005 (CYAC 2005)’. They now join 29 other children short listed for the prestigious Classmate Young Author award from across the country.
The national jury panel chaired by Ruskin Bond include Nandita Puri, Neeru Nanda, Alpana Chaudhary and Bakthiar Dadabhoy. They will select the 15 best student-authors to participate in the national finals to be held on 25 March in Mumbai.
In addition to the CYAC crown, the winner will be awarded a seven-day literary tour to London covering historic places like Oxford, Cambridge, and Stratford. All 15 finalists will win exiting prizes. Their stories will be published by Rupa & Co.
CYAC 2005 attracted the participation of more than 120,000 children across 4000 schools in 15 cities.
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