Internshala Trainings Creative Writing Challenge

Creative Writing Challenge

Learn Creative Writing and win cash rewards!

₹35,000 ₹20,000 ₹10,000

Last date to register: 19th January

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About the contest

Do you love stories and want to become a writer, but don't know how and where to start? Here is your golden chance! Participate in the Creative Writing Challenge to learn everything about Creative Writing and how to become a published author, from scratch!

Once you register for the contest, you would first join the Creative Writing training on Internshala Trainings. At the end of the training, you will write a short story as your final project. The top 10 stories will be evaluated by and will receive feedback from an esteemed jury consisting of bestselling authors, an experienced columnist, and a senior publisher.

The top 3 winners would receive cash prizes of Rs. 35,000, Rs. 20,000, and Rs. 10,000 respectively, along with an exclusive certificate signed by all the members of the jury.

Check out the detailed table of content for the Creative Writing training here, and take a sneak-peek into the training content here.

Meet the Jury

Kulpreet Yadav

Best Selling Author

One of India’s best selling authors and your mentor for the training. Published by top publishing houses like Penguin and Rupa, Kulpreet Yadav is the author of Queens of Crime, In Love With Simran, and 8 other books. He has also received “The Best Fiction Writer” award in Gurgaon Literature Festival, 2018.

Madhulika Liddle

Award-Winning Author

An award-winning author who is best known for her books featuring the 17th-century Mughal detective Muzaffar Jang. She is also a prolific writer of short fiction, travel writing, and writing related to classic cinema. She is also the winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Competition, 2003.

Milee Ashwarya

Publisher, Penguin Random House India

Milee Ashwarya is Publisher, Ebury Publishing and Vintage Publishing at Penguin Random House India. Her focus has been on championing the best voices in fiction and non-fiction while publishing a range of bestsellers across segments. Her authors include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yuvraj Singh, Karan Johar, and Radhakrishnan Pillai to name a few.

Vinita Dawra Nangia

Executive Editor, The Times Of India

Vinita Dawra Nangia is an Executive Editor with The Times of India. A prolific non-fiction writer, she has been writing a weekly column called O-Zone for over 15 years and has also published books like Love Is Always Right And Other Musings and Reimagine Your Life. She is also a Director/Founder of Write India, the world’s largest crowd-sourced story contest.

Why should you participate?

Win cash rewards

Winner

Rs 35,000/-

1st Runner-up

Rs 20,000/-

2nd Runner-up

Rs 10,000/-

Learning opportunity

Learn Creative Writing from scratch!

Certification

Get a certificate from Internshala Trainings. Top 3 winners would also get an exclusive certificate signed by the jury. .

Timeline

19th January 2021

Last date to register

1st February 2021

Your online training will start

15th March 2021

Complete the training and submit the short story

15th June 2021

Results will be announced

Why learn Creative Writing?

Possibilities

Learning creative writing can help you build your career as a published author, blogger, editor, or even as a screenwriter

Creativity

You expand the horizon of your imagination and ideas every time you write something

Communication Skills

Creative writing can help you communicate better, which is a must-have skill for every career option

Feedback from past students

Christa Davis

English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

I never really had confidence in my writing skills. I wrote but I never showed it to anyone. That was when I came across Internshala’s Creative Writing Training. And honestly, it has been life-changing. The mentor, Kulpreet Yadav is a very knowledgeable man who has a way of speaking that makes it seem as though he believes in your skill even if you don’t. This personal touch was a huge deal for me!

Rajdeep Paul

Maulana Azad College, Kolkata

Initially, I thought the training titled 'Creative Writing' would be a small one, defining how to develop creative habits and then articulate them on the page. But no! Not only did the training enhance my creative faculty, but also showed me ways to probe into the deeper recesses of my mind, to bring out the author in me. Honestly, it’s not easy to forget what I have learned, mostly because of the way Kulpreet Yadav sir and team Internshala has taught me.

Arushi Handa

Amity University, Noida

Having read books about the craft in the past, I thought I was already well versed in writing. However, I was surprised by the number of new things I learned. The best part, however, was the peer-graded assignment system. At the end of each module, there were relevant assignments that tested my practical application of what I had learned. I enjoyed doing these assignments, and they really helped me overcome my procrastination.

Prateek Mitra

IIT, Gandhinagar

The Creative Writing Training was downright fun, interesting, informational and helpful in all aspects. What I loved the most were the chats/interviews with renowned personalities of the literature field who shared their knowledge in a frank manner. The instructor, Mr. Kulpreet Yadav, deserves a loud round of applause. Energetic and precise in his delivery, he lived up to the expectations of being an amazing instructor. Great job Internshala!

Krittika Mishra

Fergusson College, Pune

Mr. Kulpreet Yadav took the time to break down the most important components like character and plot in an easy-to-understand manner. The structure helped me keep a good pace as I went along, and the Peergrade assignments were engaging and enlightening. Looking through the works of my peers who were taking the same path as me made the journey of an aspiring author feel a little less solitary.

Know more about the contest

Q. What is the process of the contest?+-

You will have to fill the form above and pay the registration fee to register yourself for the challenge. Then you will be given access to the online Creative Writing training on Internshala platform. As a part of the challenge, you will be given a written project (a short story) based on the training program's content. The top 3 writers will be rewarded with cash prizes.

Q. What will be taught in the Creative Writing training?+-

In this training program, you will learn to write compelling novels and short-stories, engaging content for features, captivating news-stories, and gripping screenplays and advertisement scripts. On top of this, you will also learn to polish your prose by mastering the craft of editing. This training program has video tutorials featuring published authors, blog writers, and publishers, and is packed with peer-graded written assignments, assessment tests, and quizzes for you to get hands-on learning experience. At the end of this training, you'll not only be able to write excellently but also understand the steps required to be a published author.

Q. I have registered for Internshala Creative Writing training earlier, am I eligible for the contest?+-

Only those students who register for the contest between 17th Jan 2021 to 19th Jan 2021 are eligible for this contest. Students who have bought Creative Writing training before or after this period are not eligible.

Q. Who all are eligible for the contest? Do I need to have any prior knowledge for this contest?+-

You don't need any prior knowledge for this contest. You will learn everything from scratch. Only beginner-level students are eligible for this contest. People with prior knowledge and experience in the field of writing - professionals, experts, writers are not eligible.

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