­­­­­­Exceller Books, a global publishing house for aspiring authors, is glad to announce The New Normal: A Poetry Competition on ‘Changing Times’ jointly organised by Exceller Books, Oxford Bookstore and Poetry Paradigm. The registration is open from 4th till 31st October, 2020. You can submit your poems in Hindi, English, Bengali and Urdu languages. Selected poetry from this poetry competition will be published in an anthology by Exceller Books.

**Please click on this link to register: https://oxfordbookstore.com/the-new-normal/

Exceller Books is an initiative of GE Group to meet the need of many of aspiring authors and help their valuable works find the best readers. This ISO 9001:2015 Certified global publishing house is operating from India delivering publication services with more than a decade’s experience in different publication areas. We have so far worked with authors coming from different countries like India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Germany etc. Exceller Books is looking to create an equal opportunity for new and experienced authors alike. In keeping with the new age witnessing a sweeping change in the publishing world, we are constantly working towards minimising procedural complications, and creating an author-friendly publishing environment and international knowledge-sharing system, transparent, smooth and effortless for all writers.

Established in 1921, Oxford Bookstore is the best equipped ‘base-camp’ for journeys of the mind offering its customers the widest range of outstanding titles and consistently courteous and informed service for close to a century.  Today, with stores in major metros, India’s first of its kind tea boutique, Cha Bar, India’s only bookstore to curate multiple literary festivals like Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob and Hindi Sahitya Utsav, Oxford Bookstore offers book-lovers access to the very best in publishing enhanced by a variety of events which salute books, visual & performing arts and celebrate the word. Oxford Bookstore measures its success by the smiles on millions of happy customers that the brand has served over the last nearly 100 years. There are a few treats as sumptuous as a visit to Oxford Bookstore in India. Each time anybody walk into our iconic store in Kolkata where the brand started in 1921, its charm leave them wanting for more. Oxford Bookstore fleet of happy to help expert booksellers and informed hosts work day and night to bring to customers world class reading experience be it through our books or fine teas and live by the brand’s motto – Much more than a bookstore – at every Bookstore.

Poetry paradigm is a group of passionate poets from Kolkata led by Ashoke Viswanathan, Arthur Cardozo, Saira Shah Halim, Joie Bose, Ananya Chatterjee, Ruchhita Kazaria and Devdan Chaudhuri. Our aim is to popularize and spread the magic of poetry all around. Cafe’ readings, literary festivals, spoken word performances are our forte.

Guidelines:

  1. Registration for The New Normal through this Form
  2. Registrations open from 4 October to 31 October, 2020
  3. Registration Charges INR 200 per person
  4. Poems must be original
  5. Poems can be submitted in Hindi, English, Bangla and Urdu languages
  6. Poems to be within a maximum of 30 lines
  7. One Submission per registration
  8. Poems must not be previously published
  9. There is no age group for the competition
  10. Please scroll down to complete registration by paying through the ‘Pay Now’ Button. Payment is non-refundable.
  11. Participants will have to send in their original poems in a word document to poetry.paradigm.ccu@gmail.com by 31 October. The subject line should be ‘Submission : The New Normal’ . The poems should be written in Times New Roman Font. Attachments should not exceed 3MB file size.
  12. All participants should clearly write their names, address, contact numbers, email ID on the Word Document
  13. Each participant will be awarded an e-certificate via mail, post the competition.
  14. The winning poems will be put up on the Oxford Bookstore and Poetry Paradigm Social Media Pages
  15. Best entries will be compiled into an anthology by Exceller Books.

**Please click on this link to register: https://oxfordbookstore.com/the-new-normal/

Result:

The result was announced by the Oxford Bookstores on 13th December’20.