Another incredible season with close to a thousand entries across our six categories and some truly fearless expressions pushing the envelope of creativity and taking things to a new level.

We’re just blown away and full of excitement about what these amazing artists have in store for the world.

It was a great opportunity to have all the shortlisters in the same room to celebrate each other and catch a glimpse of the shortlisted work at the 2026 awards ceremony on 13th February at BIC, Bengaluru. It is always heartening to see artists, writers, photographers, filmmakers sharing space, sharing energies and jamming ideas and thoughts. More than anything else, having a good time!

To the 10 winners who took the awards – congratulations, enjoy and savor this moment! To those who didn’t, and to the extended longlist, we hope to see you applying with more work next year. These are just the beginnings and you are all on your way to some groundbreaking things! Let’s all stay in touch and collaborate on your next big idea.

A big thank you to the TFA trustees and team for getting things together through the season and for the awards evening.

The Toto Awards are supported by Badri Vishal (Music), Nabonita Majumdar and Sarita Vellani (Creative Writing English), Rohan Kothari (Photography), Bhoomija Trust (Kannada), and The Aroon Raman Family (Short Film).

Presenting, the Toto Awards Class of 2026 !

Winners 2026 (L-R)

Amoli Birewar (Short Film)
Kaafi Aalsi (Music)
Agraj Nagarkoti (Photography)
Arundhati Raja (Guest of Honour)
Inshallah Babes (Music – 3 Members)
Akshita Sinha (Digital Art)
Nabha Okkunda (Creative Writing – Kannada)
Ifaam Bashir (Creative Writing – English)
Bhumika Sanjeev (Creative Writing – English)
Not in attendance –
Shubham Negi (Short Film)
Shashwat Das (Photography)