Mar 16, 2025 07:44 PM IST
The awards had been offered in three classes: poetry, fiction, and non-fiction; “Anthropocene” by Sudeep Sen received the poetry award
Town witnessed a confluence of literature and artwork at The Smart Owl Literary Awards on Saturday. A Bharatanatyam efficiency was delivered by Mugdha Asnikar. Rachna Singh, founding editor of The Smart Owl, delivered the welcome handle, setting the stage for a sequence of discussions with award winners and jury members.
Literary figures in the course of the The Smart Owl Literary Awards in Chandigarh on Saturday. (HT Picture)
The awards had been offered in three classes: poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. “Anthropocene” by Sudeep Sen received the poetry award. Smitha Sehgal’s “How Women Become Poems in Malabar” was the first runner-up, and Rochelle Potkar’s “Coins in Rivers” was the 2nd runner-up. In fiction, Shinie Antony’s “Eden Abandoned” secured the highest honour, with “The Blue Bar” by Damyanti Biswas and “Taxi” by Manjula Padmanabhan because the runners-up. The non-fiction class recognised “I am a Runner” by Sohini Chattopadhyay because the winner, with “Sacred Sins” by Arun Ezhuthachan and “An Inky Paradise” by Pradeep Sebastian securing the runner-up positions.
The winners acquired a ₹25,000 cheque, whereas the runners-up had been honoured with plaques and scrolls. The night concluded with a medley of dance items by Asnikar, adopted by closing remarks by Harmeet Singh, co-founder of The Smart Owl. A celebratory supper was attended by literary luminaries and guide lovers from town.