Toto Awards for English Creative Writing 2019: Long-list

Twenty-six applicants have been long-listed for the Toto Awards for English Creative Writing 2019. They are (in no particular order): 

1.  Mohamed Abbas (Bengaluru)

2.  Kaeya Zui Kumar-Reddy (Bengaluru)

3.  Shefali Elizabeth Mathew (Vellore)

4.   Jeshanth K. (Bengaluru)

5.   Debosmita Dam (Bengaluru)

6.   Shruthi Menon (Bengaluru)

7.   Darshita Jain (Nadiad, Gujarat)

8.  Debarshi Mitra (Faridabad)

9.   Riddhi Dastidar (New Delhi)

10.  Zoya Chadha (New Delhi)

11.  Rebecca Vedavathy Brindavan (Hyderabad)

12.  Yavar S. Ahmad (Mumbai)

13.  Swati Simha (Delhi)

14.  Proiti Seal Acharya (Kolkata)

15.  Kanak Rajadhyaksha (Mumbai)

16.  Avani Tandon Viera (Mumbai)

17.  Aekta Khubchandani (Mumbai)

18.  Lavanya Lakshminarayan (Bengaluru)

19.  Niyati Bhat (New Delhi)

20.  Deepak Dhruvkumar H. (Bengaluru)

21.  Shreya Ila Anasuya (Mumbai)

22.  Suzanne Sangi J. (Bengaluru)

23.  Ilana Chakma (Hyderabad)

24.  Amulya B. (Bengaluru)

25.  Agam Balooni (Dehradun)

26.  Aarthi M. (Salem)


There are two awards to be won, each carrying a cash prize of Rs 50,000. The shortlist will be announced in late November or early December 2018.

Toto Funds the Arts wishes the long-listed writers all the best!