Hyderabad|India|May'2012: Have you thought about how a life in another place can look like? How a year, an hour, a day in another context can appear? So, here is your chance to showcase your imaginations and win a trip to Norway.

An Indo-Norwegian Fictional Writing Competition “In Your Shoes” gives a unique opportunity to people across India and Norway to pen down their thoughts and imagination about a life in another place. The mutual writing competition between the two countries gives a chance to write your self into another situation, empathise with everyday life of another.

Call for entry:

Any Genre Any Age

Language: English & Hindi
Word limit: 2000 Words
Deadline: June 18, 2012

Submit to: indonorway@gmail.com

The texts will also be used in relation to a research project at the University of Oslo. The theme of the project is the perceptions of the Other.

The winning entry will get a trip to Norway. But others need not worry. The best entries will be published in an anthology and presented in English, Hindi and Norwegian.

In your shoes is organised by University of Oslo, Bokvennen Literary Magazine and Pratilipi Bilingual Literary Journal. Presenting partners are NORLA (Norwegian Literature abroad), Ny Tid Weekly News Magazine and Norwegian Translation Association in Norway; Sahitya Academy, The Caravan and Sangam House in India.


For further information please visit www.indianorway.wordpress.com