The TOTO Awards for Creative Writing in English 2023: Longlist

TFA received a total of 206 applications for the 2023 TOTO Awards for Creative Writing in English. 29 young writers have been longlisted for the two awards. Their names, in no particular order, are:

Sneha Ghosh, Kolkata

Karan Kapoor, Delhi 
Devanshi Khetarpal, Bhopal
Abhishek Udaykumar, Bengaluru
Songborto Biswas, Howrah
Avani Tandon Viera, Mumbai
Moachiba Jamir, Kohima
Medha Nidhi, Bengaluru
Srividya Tadepalli, Chennai
Rupsa Dey, Hooghly
Aishwarya Mishra, Jamshedpur
Shreya Ghosh, Ranchi
Aditya Mahendra Gautam, Bengaluru
Eshna Sharma, Pune
Sadaf Wani, Delhi
Supriya Dhaliwal, Palampur
Priyanka D'Souza, Mumbai
Abhimanyu Acharya, Ahmedabad
Navya Sah, Bengaluru
Swati Singh, Lucknow
Subhrojyoti Mukherjee, Kolkata
Abhishek Basak, Delhi
Shruti Menon, Bengaluru 
Tushar Rishi, Ranchi 
Bhavika Govil, Noida
Shanaia Kapoor, Bengaluru
Zenisha Gonsalves, Dona Paula
Kanika Ahuja, Delhi
Aparna Chivukula, Bengaluru

 

TFA congratulates the longlisted writers and wishes them all the best! The shortlist will be announced in early January 2023.

These awards are being supported by the Mani Rao Foundation and Naboneeta Majumdar.