A national storytelling championship, in which participants can narrate folktales, personal anecdotes or original stories, would be held for budding and seasoned storytellers to showcase their talent and skills.
The competition will be conducted by ACEnovation, with The Hindu in School as the media partner and VIT, Chennai as organising partner. The registration fee per participant is ₹400.
Participants from the age of 3 and above can submit stories in any language in a total of six categories.
Every registrant will be able to avail gift subscriptions to The Hindu Group’s children’s products (two months’ subscription to The Hindu Young World or three months’ subscription to Young World Club digital or six issues of The Hindu in School). They can also access free online workshops on the art and science of storytelling and choose to attend any two workshops on a variety of topics. A free entry into the ‘Hornbill Calls – Leader Talk’ series is also on offer.
The deadline to pay the fee is August 20, 2025 and free webinars will be held between May to August 2025.
Entry submission
A two-minute video should be submitted by August 21, 2025 in MP4 format. The submissions will be judged between August 21 and September 5 and finalists will be announced on September 10. The Junior finals will be held on September 20 and Senior finals will be held on September 21. The grand finale will be held on October 2 at VIT Chennai campus.
The first place in each of the six categories take home trophies and cash prizes ranging from ₹25,000 to ₹1,00,000. Second prizes start from ₹10,000 and third prizes from ₹3,000 across various categories.
For details, write to [email protected] or call +91 8939951230. Visit www.nationalstorytellingchampionship.com for registrations.
Published – May 27, 2025 11:12 pm IST
