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Amazon India has
announced the third edition of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Pen to Publish
Contest. The contest is open to all genres in English, Hindi and Tamil.
Interested participants can submit their original written entries either in short-format(2,000
to 10,000 words) or long-format(more than 10,000 words) through Kindle Direct
Publishing on Amazon.in from 15th September 2019
to 14th December 2019.
Entries will be judged on originality, creativity and the quality of writing,
and customer feedback. The judging panel will include popular authors like
Durjoy Datta and Sudha Nair for English entries, Divya Prakash Dubey for Hindi
entries, and Pa. Raghavan and C. Saravanakarthikeyan for Tamil entries.
For each language-format
combination, up
to five finalists will be short-listed andtop three winners will be
selected from each segment. Winning entries in each language for the long-format
category will win a cash prize of ₹5 lakh, a merchandising deal and a chance to
be mentored by the panellists. The first runners-up will receive a cash prize
of ₹1 lakh each, while second runners-up will be awarded ₹50,000 each. For the short-formatcategory,
winners will be awarded ₹50,000 each while the first and second runners-up will
get ₹25,000 and ₹10,000 each respectively.
“The KDP Pen to Publish Contest is a great place for budding authors
to realise the potential of self-publishing. I strongly believe that it will
empower more writers to turn their passion for writing into a lucrative
career”, said Sudha Nair,
winner of the inaugural edition of the contest and is a jury member this year.
“The third edition of KDP Pen to Publish Contest in India
promises to be bigger and more interesting this year. India is a land of
storytellers and we are excited to provide authors with a place to showcase
their work across languages. We think today’s announcement gives an extra
incentive to those who might be on the fence about participating in the
contest”, said Amol Gurwara, Director Kindle Content - India, Amazon.
Additionally, this year,
the finalists and winning titles of long-format category from all six Kindle
literary awards around the world will be evaluated by a panel from Amazon Prime
Video executives to select one book. They will assess it on creativity,
originality, boldness of storytelling and relevance of cultural aspects for the
local territory. The winner will be offered an exclusive, 36-month option for
Amazon Studios to purchase the screenplay along with an advance payment of ~₹7
lakh.
James Farrell, Head of
International Originals for Amazon Studios said, “We are thrilled
with this partnership between Amazon Studios, Kindle Direct Publishing and
authors. We are continuously looking for original content from around the world
for our Prime Video customers, and the next big idea and truly unique perspective
can come from anywhere. To have a shortlist of great books evaluated by Kindle
and by customers through the already successful KDP writing contests, and being
able to pick one of them to develop as either a series or a movie will be
fantastic”.
Participants must visit kdp.amazon.com to
self-publish their book on amazon.in while enrolling their book in KDP Select
program. All eBooks entering the contest will be available on the free Kindle
app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, PC and Mac as well as Kindle
E-readers. For more information, authors can visit www.amazon.in/pentopublish.
KDP
is a fast, free and easy service for authors to self-publish their books in
digital format to a global audience and receive up to 70% royalties on the sale
of their eBooks. At present, nearly 10% of the Top 100 books on the India
Kindle Store are self-published through KDP.
For more information visit kdp.amazon.com
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