Vanguri Foundation's contest... (vangUri vAri pOTI)

Ram Dokka (rdokka@water.atlcom.net)
Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:48:32 -0500 

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Sub : ISwara nAma samvatsara "ugAdi" sandarBamgA, vangUri vAri pOTI..
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Friends !!

Here are some details about this contest --

Vanguri Foundation of America has once again announced a contest in 
writing in Telugu open for all telugu writers across North America. The 
categories are  "Short story ", "Poetry/Song" and "navala". The contest, 
conducted every year  to encourage and  inspire telugu writers living
abroad, gives away $ 116 and $ 58 for the first and the second selections 
in Short Story and Poetry categories and $ 200 for the best selection in 
"navala" category. The Vanguri foundation will publish  the prize winning 
entries and other selected entries  in a book form. 

The 1996 competition drew a lot of attention and appreciation.The stories
selected from this first competition were published as their third volume
in the America Telugu Kathanika series. "Navala" section has been added 
this year.

The last date for submitting your articles for this year's contest is 8th
April 97 for the Poetry and Short Story categories and 1st of June 97 for 
the "navala" category. The winners will be selected by a group of judges 
under the guidance of Sri Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao, General Editor, 
Vanguri publications. 

Guide lines for submissions --

1. Submissions to Short Story category should be confined to 10 
    hand written pages. For the Poetry section, the limit is two  hand 
    written pages and for the "navala"  the  limit is 200 hand written
pages.

2. Only original and previously unpublished works will be accepted. The
    authors must send their name and address along with their submissions 
    even if they use a pen name.

3. The language used in the articles can be vyavahaarikam or graandhikam.

4. Articles must be mailed to Vanguri Foundation of America, Inc., 
    P.O.Box 1948, Stafford,  TX  77497

Please contact the following  for more details --

Sri P.Venugopala Rao  	--	(404) 634-4982  (R)   (404) 727-4297 (W)
Sri Vanguri Chitten Raju --	(281) 493-9054  (R)   (281) 499-4444 (W)
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regards..

- Ram (Ramabhadra Dokka from rdokka@water.atlcom.net)