Q. What is the duration of the contest?

A. The contest will run from 17th September, 2018 to 31st January, 2019. Entries submitted until 31st January, 2018, 23:59 hours will be included in the contest

Q. Who can participate in the contest?

A. The contest is open to all students currently studying in any school in India from class 4 to class 12. The contest is open to all TEACHERS also.

Q. What are the participant categories?

A. For this competition, the participants are divided into 3 categories – Class 4 to Class7, Class 8 to Class 12 and TEACHERS.

Q. What are the content categories?

A. For this competition, stories and poems will be considered as different content categories.

Q. What if my school name is not listed?

A. In case your school name is not listed under respective pin code, please select others and add name of your school in the given field.

Q. I am new to writing? How can you help me in developing my writing?

A. We may conduct few story and poetry writing workshops in Mumbai and Delhi. If possible, we may also do webinars for people from other locations. You can also refer how a story & poetry is written by clicking here.

Q. What are the prizes?

A. There are multiple prizes to be won at national level, state level and school level. Top 3 winners under each participant category and content category (story and poem) of the contest will be given prizes and selected entries will get published as book / e-book. Besides, there are multiple prizes to be won for participating schools as well. Refer- Prize section

Q. Are there separate prizes for English & Hindi?

A. No. There is no language wise category for prizes.

Q. How will the winners be judged?

A. The winners shall be selected on the basis of combination of score given by StoryMirror editorial panel, independent Jury as well as voting process. “Votes” is same as “Likes” on respective story / poem page.

Q. Where do I need to submit my content?

A. Entries have to be submitted on https://contest.storymirror.com/sswc2018 only. Any entry submitted from outside the above mentioned link / mode will not be taken into consideration.

Q. What kind of content can I submit?

A. This contest permits the entry of stories and poems. Other entries like articles and essays / blogs will be not be part of competition.

Q. Is there a limit on number of content that I can submit?

A. There is no limit to the number of submissions in any categories. You can submit as many stories and poems as you want. More submission will increase your chance of winning.

Q. Is there any word limit?

A. No, there is no maximum word limit. But the MINIMUM word limit is 10 for poems and 50 for stories.

Q. What all languages can I submit in?

A. At present, you can submit stories and poems in English as well as Hindi. You can submit content in more than one language.

Q. Is there any theme and topic?

A. There are no themes and topics for this contest and you can write stories and poems in any genre. However, inspirational stories will be given special award as “India bole YES Award for Inspirational Stories / Poems”

Q. I have paid participation fee while submitting my story / poem. Do I need to pay the fee again while submitting another story / poem?

A. No, participation fee is to be paid only at the time of registration. After paying one time participation fee, you can submit as many content as you want under the same account.

Q. Both my children wants to participate under the competition. Can they participate from same account?

A. No, for each participant, they need to participate through separate account. Also, participation fee is to be paid for each account separately.

Q. How do I know when my content will go live?

A. Your content goes through an editorial process post submission and goes live on https://storymirror.com usually within 5-7 working days. However to check current status of the content, you can click on Content Status in your profile on https://storymirror.com

Q. Where should I contact in case I need any more information or I have any query?

A. You can contact us either on e-mail - sswc@storymirror.com or phone - 022-49243888 / 022-49240082 (Monday to Friday and on 2nd, 4th, & 5th Saturday) from 9.00 AM to 7.00 PM.

Q. When will the result be announced?

A. The result will be announced by March, 2019.