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Purple Hues 3

Submission Call - Purple Hues 3

 

 

A call for submissions of short stories and poems for the third edition of Purple Hues

Guidelines;

1- We accept both fiction and non-fiction in stories.

2-The stories and poems should resemble our THEME is some way. The Theme for Purple Hues-3 is INSPIRE.

3-We want the stories and poems to reflect the emotions of courage, bravery, joy, gratitude, hope, love, awakening, self-realization, pride, faith and re-instilling change in the mindsets.

4- Story and Poems should be in English and unpublished. The maximum limit for short story is 2000 words and maximum limit for the poem is 30 lines.

5- Co-authored stories and multiple submissions are allowed.

6- The selected participants need to pay Rs.2000 for the story and Rs.1000 for poems.

7- We would accept only one story per contributor and up to 4 poems.On the cover page of the submission, please give your complete contact information- Name, Address, Contact Number, A Short Bio and a Photograph which would be used in the online promotional banners.

8- A Certificate and 5 Complimentary copies would be provided to the selected candidates.

9- Entries should be emailed at sanmati555@gmail.com on/before April 25, 2017. The Results would be announced on May 1, 2017

10- If you have any further queries, contact us


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