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Comment: Dawn Images and Mint Lounge are not reliable sources because they take user submissions and do not follow the editorial policies of the main site. The Print is a press release so not useful. Other sources are affiliated with SouthAsia Speaks or make no mention of them. Also, Wikipedia is not a how to guide and much of this reads like this is their website rather than an encyclopedia article. What they say or want to say about themselves is not useful; only what reputable sources have written in their own word without any input/prompting from the organisation, which should be have a by-line by a specific author who is paid staff and follows journalistic standards. S0091 (talk) 20:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
SouthAsia Speaks is a Literary Fellowship[1] for writers residing in South Asia and of South Asian Origin. Founded by author Sonia Faleiro in 2021,it is open to authors from India, Pakistan,Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives. The mentors include acclaimed authors such as Fatima Bhutto, Aanchal Malhotra, Arunava Sinha,Tishani Doshi, Mahesh Rao,Mira Kamdar,Sanam Maher, Madhuri Vijay, Mckenzie Funk and others. South Asia Speaks offers fellows one-on-one mentorship for a year as well as exclusive access to the program’s masterclasses with writers, literary agents, editors and publishers. Since 2021, SouthAsia Speaks has awarded eighty fellowships to writers across South Asia. The program accepts novelists, nonfiction writers, translators, poets and journalists.It is the first such fellowship in Asia.
SouthAsia Speaks fellows have been recognized by the Emerging Translator Mentorship Program Meet the 2022 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program Mentees! of the American Literary Translators Association, PEN Grant for Sample Translations[2], Penguin India's "Perfect Pitch" contest, International Women's Media Foundation Fellowship[3] and the Sonny Mehta Fellowship at the University of Iowa
About the Fellowship
editThe Fellowship was founded by Sonia Faleiro in 2021 to nurture and support outstanding emerging writers in South Asia. In addition to supporting writers from South Asia, the organization is also committed to building a community of emerging South Asian Writers. The fellows are provided online sessions with their respective mentors with the option to receive feedback on their writing, and also attend masterclasses with writers, editors and journalists.Mission & Values The fellows are provided online sessions with their respective mentors with the option to receive feedback on their writing, and attend masterclasses with writers, editors and journalists. Past Masterclass guests have included Parul Sehgal, Vauhini Vara, Meena Kandasamy,Taymour Soomro,Alice Albinia and Vinod Jose
Funding
editThe organization is run on a volunteer basis by founder Faleiro and its mentors. As of 2023, it had received one grant, from the Hawthornden Foundation, which the organization used to fund bursaries for mentees.
Mentors
editThe Mentorship accepts projects under a variety of themes, with mentors who work on on general Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction as well as specific themes of Climate Change, Partition of India,Translation. The list of mentors has included
- Prayaag Akbar
- Deepa Anappara
- Diksha Basu
- Fatima Bhutto (Head of Climate Projects)
- Rahul Bhatia
- Isaac Chotiner
- Tishani Doshi (Head of Poetry Projects)
- McKenzie Funk
- Sonia Faleiro (Founder and Director)
- Samar Halarnkar
- Marc Herman
- Tania James
- Aruni Kashyap
- Mira Kamdar
- Taran N. Khan
- Arunava Sinha (Head of Translation Projects)
- Nikita Lalwani
- Karan Mahajan
- Aanchal Malhotra (Head of Partition Projects)
- Mujib Mashal
- Mahesh Rao
- Samanth Subramanian
- Madhuri Vijay
- Mirza Waheed
Applications
editApplications to the fellowship open every year in SeptemberApply. Applicants can visit the SouthAsia Speak website to apply. The applications are read carefully by the mentors, who then make the final decision on whom to accept into the program.
Eligibility
edit- Applicants must be citizens of India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives.
- Applicants must be residing in one of the aforementioned countries in addition to being citizens, with the exception of citizens of Afghanistan.
- Applicants must be working on a long-term project such as a book of fiction or nonfiction, a collection of long form essays or reportage, a book length manuscript of poetry, a book of translation, etc.
- There is no age limit to apply for the fellowship.
Restrictions:
- Writers who have already published a book may not apply unless they self-published.
- Writers who have attended a creative writing class, residency or fellowship outside South Asia are ineligible to apply, as is anyone who has a journalism degree from outside South Asia.
- Writers currently enrolled in an academic program such as a master's degree or PhD where they are already working with an advisor may not apply.
- Writers who have reason to believe that they may move abroad during the fellowship period should not apply.
- The fellowship does not accept proposals for children's fiction, graphic narratives, and screenplays.
Achievements
editOver the last 3 years of the Fellowship, fellows have gone on to receive publication deals, scholarships, grants and awards. several fellows have also secured literary representation. In 2021, A Suitable Agency partnered with SouthAsia Speaks to help fellows understand the publishing landscape and allow them to pitch their manuscripts upon completion.[4]
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
edit- 2022 Fellow Kartikeya Jain was awarded the Inaugural Pen Presents Grant for sample translations for their translation of Songs of Glory by Chandan Pandey[2]
- 2021 Fellow Nikhil Eapen was selected for the Logan Nonfiction Program.[5]
- 2021 Fellow Waseem Rashid was selected for the Sonny Mehta Fellowship[6] at the University of Iowa.
- 2021 Fellow Priyamvada Ramkumar was selected for the American Literary Translators Association Emerging Translator's Mentorship, 2022.Meet the 2022 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program Mentees!
- 2021 Fellow Ajay Patri was Shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize
- 2021 Fellow Subi Taba won "The Perfect Pitch" contest organized by Penguin India and also won the New Asian Writing Competition.
- 2022 Fellow Deepa Padmanabhan was awarded the International Women in Media Foundation Grant[3].
- 2022 Fellow Sharanya Deepak was awarded a One World Media Fellowship[7]
- 2022 Fellow Riddhi Dastidar was awarded the Laadli Media Award for gender sensitive reporting.
- 2022 Fellow Mehak Jamal's short film "Bad Egg" won the German-Star of India Award at the Stuttgart Film Festival
Notable Works
edit- 2021 Fellow Priyamvada Ramkumar published a translation of Tamil writer Jeyamohan's "Stories of The True"[8]
- 2021 Fellow Sarbajaya Bhattacharya also published a translation of "The Poet’s School: A History of Patha-Bhavana and Siksha-Satra is written by Swati Ghosh and Ashok Sircar with Jadavpur University Press. The book was co-translated with Sujaan Mukherjee.
- 2021 Fellow Chandrima Das published a short story collection titled "Young Blood: Ten Terrifying College Tales"[9] with HarperCollins
- 2021 Fellow Zeyad Masroor Khan has a Memoir titled "City on Fire" forthcoming with HarperCollins[10]
- 2022 Fellows Riddhi Dastidar and Nicholas Rixon had short stories published in "A Case of Indian Marvels"[11] edited by David Davidhar for Aleph
- 2022 Fellow Suchismita Ghosh published Translations of "My Father's Garden" by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar and "The Lives of Others" by Neel Mukherjee (writer)
- 2022 Fellow Prateek Nigam Published a Short Story in the Atta Galatta BWW Bangalore Anthology
- 2022 Fellow Darun Subramanian signed a publishing deal with Routledge, as the co translator of “Jainism and Tamil” by Mayilai Seeni Venkatasam.
- In 2023-24, HarperCollins will be publishing a book adapted from the SouthAsia Speaks Masterclasses.
References
edit- ^ Staff, Images (August 30, 2021). "South Asia Speaks mentorship gives budding writers opportunity to learn from established authors for free". Images.
- ^ a b "PEN Presents - Songs of Glory".
- ^ a b "Deepa Padmanaban - IWMF". www.iwmf.org.
- ^ "South Asia Speaks Partners with A Suitable Agency". September 24, 2021.
- ^ Gordon, Sarah. "Nikhil Eapen - Logan Nonfiction Program".
- ^ Anderson, Porter (August 1, 2022). "International Students Receive Sonny Mehta Writing Scholarships". Publishing Perspectives.
- ^ "2022 Fellows".
- ^ "Stories of the True review: Jeyamohan now moves us in English". Mintlounge. September 27, 2022.
- ^ PR, ANI (October 29, 2021). "HarperCollins presents 'Young Blood: Ten Terrifying College Tales' by Chandrima Das". ThePrint.
- ^ "25 most-anticipated Indian book titles of 2023". Moneycontrol. December 29, 2022.
- ^ "No substitute for trained, talented editors: David Davidar". Mintlounge. September 18, 2022.
External Links
editHome SouthAsia Speaks Official Website.
Meet the 2022 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program Mentees! Emerging Translator Mentorship Program of The American Literary Translators' Association
Mentors SouthAsia Speaks Mentors
News SouthAsia Speaks News Page
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