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Do you love to write, So there is an long awaited opportunity for you launched by The Times of India newspaper. The name of the opportunity is Write India campaign. The campaign is launched by a theme line "No one can tell your story better tan you."

 This is the short story contest launched by TOI in which 11 world known and well established writers of India will start a story for you and you will complete it by keeping in mind all the things that the writer had asked you to. The stories will be judged by the preeminent writers.

 In the end 11 winners will get 11 kindles for them. They will also attend a writer camp in Diu and they will be mentored properly by the other members. The winning stories will also be published in the form of a book containing 11 chapters each chapter will be a winning entry.

Write India contest Rules

  • Use the passage provided by the author to begin your story.

  • Please stick to rules provided by each author.

  • Stick to a minimum of 1500 and a maximum of 2500 words.

  • Entries must be in English. Be careful with editing & grammar.

  • Only entries submitted before deadline will be considered.

  • If you send more than one entry, we will be considering only the last one sent.



  Watch this video by The Times of India for write India

About the authors


Amish is the author of July. The contest is over. Try the next author. Read the story that I submitted. 

  • Author of August

Chetan Bhagat


  • Author of September

Ashwin Sanghi

The contest will start from September 7.

  • Author of October

Ravi Subramanian

The contest will start from October 7.

  • Author of November

Preeti Shenoy

The contest will start from November 7.

  • Author of December

Tuhin A. Sinha
The contest will start from December 7.

  • Author of January

Ravinder Singh
The contest will start from January 7.

  • Author of February

Durjoy Datta
The contest will start from February 7.

  • Author of March

Madhuri Banerjee
The contest will start from March 7.


  • Author of April

Jaishree Misra
The contest will start from April 7.

  • Author of May

Anita Nair
The contest will start from May 7.

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