{"id":2947,"date":"2016-10-16T01:16:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2016-10-16T01:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T20:16:15","slug":"fellows-of-nature-short-story-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/fellows-of-nature-short-story-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner of Fellows of Nature Short Story Award Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai-based writer Meghna Pant has won the 2016\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fellowsofnature.in\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Fellows of Nature<\/a> (FON) South Asia Short Story Award on nature writing.<\/p>\n<p>Pant was awarded the INR 100,000 cash prize for her story\u00a0<em>People of the Sun<\/em>. She is a journalist and author, and has previously published\u00a0a\u00a0novel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Half-Wife-Meghna-Pant\/dp\/9381626480\" target=\"_blank\"><em>One and a Half Wife<\/em>, 2012<\/a>) and a\u00a0collection of short stories (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Happy-Birthday-Stories-Meghna-Pant-ebook\/dp\/B00DQ6GM20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Happy Birthday!<\/em>, 2013<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>FON announced the winner on September 12, followed by a felicitation ceremony at the Kumaon Literary Festival in Dhanachuli on October 11.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The felicitation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FellowsOfNature\">@FellowsOfNature<\/a> South Asia Short Story Award 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghnaPant\">@MeghnaPant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sujatavidu\">@sujatavidu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterIndia\">@TwitterIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDkqlGOMxi\">pic.twitter.com\/cDkqlGOMxi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kumaon Lit Fest (@KumaonLitFest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KumaonLitFest\/status\/785801853187584000\">October 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DWL is proud to have been a campaign partner of the inaugural FON South Asia Short Story Award, which received <a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/mumbai-based-writer-wins-fon-south-asia-short-story-award-116091300277_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">over 165\u00a0entries from all around\u00a0South Asia<\/a>. DWL co-founder and former editor of Papercuts, Afia Aslam, was\u00a0on the award&#8217;s seven-member jury, which picked the winner.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sumant Batra, the founder of both FON and the <a href=\"http:\/\/kumaonliteraryfestival.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Kumaon Literary Festival<\/a>, the award is an attempt to restore the literary art of nature writing. FON aims to use literature to build awareness about environmental issues and help in conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The award jury picked Meghna Pant as the winner from a shortlist of five stories, which included stories by three other Indians and a Nepali writer.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fellowsofnature\/photos\/a.1510708735900272.1073741827.1476941992610280\/1579840212320457\/?type=3&#038;theater<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shabir Ahmad Mir of Jammu and Kashmir was selected as the first runner-up and Vrinda Baliga from Hyderabad was awarded the second runner-up position.<\/p>\n<p>The winning stories can be read at the following links:<\/p>\n<p>Winner:\u00a0Meghna Pant \u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/fellowsofnature.in\/story\/people-of-the-sun.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">People of the Sun<\/a><br \/>\n1st Runner-up: Shabir Ahmad Mir &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/fellowsofnature.in\/story\/the-djinn-that-fell-from%20-the-walnut-tree.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Djinn that fell from the Walnut tree<\/a><br \/>\n2nd Runner-up: Vrinda Baliga &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/fellowsofnature.in\/story\/the-beached-whale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The\u00a0Beached Whale<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FON is also planning to publish a collection\u00a0of 20 to 30 of the best stories received for the contest. On behalf of DWL, we\u00a0wish them all the best in this endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow the FON and the FON Short Story Award on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fellowsofnature\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FellowsOfNature\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai-based writer Meghna Pant has won the FON South Asia Short Story Award 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[365,91],"tags":[55,728,729,731,730,277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiwriterslounge.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}