Fairway National Literary Awards 2016 – Call for entries
View(s):Fairway Holdings presents the Fairway National Literary Awards 2016 for the second consecutive year to recognise exceptional talent in creative writing in the Sinhala, Tamil and English languages in Sri Lanka. All novels published in our country between June 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016 in all genres will be eligible for these awards.
The Fairway National Literary Awards were set up in 2015 in conjunction with Fairway Holdings assuming the role of title sponsor of the prestigious Fairway Galle Literary Festival. The awards for last year were given away at the glittering inaugural Fairway National Literary Awards 2015 ceremony that was held in Galle in January. Submissions for this year’s competition are now being accepted until July 5, 2016 at the Fairway National Literary Awards Secretariat located at “The Fairways”, 100, Buthgamuwa Road, Rajagiriya (Telephone: 0117586586 / 0774462285). The panel of judges will review all entries and announce the shortlists for all three languages in the second week of September 2016. All shortlisted authors will be awarded Rs. 100,000 each and the winners of the Fairway National Literary Awards 2016 in all three languages will receive Rs. 500,000 each. The grand Fairway National Literary Awards 2016 ceremony will be held in Galle in January 2017.
The fact that the awards ceremony is held concurrently with the internationally acclaimed Fairway Galle Literary Festival provides the writers with the additional benefit of being able to present their work to an international audience. It is hoped that these awards will promote the unearthing of new talent during forthcoming years and spur on many young aspiring writers to bring forth outstanding creative work.