Introduced in 2006, the awards in this category have been won by poets, short story writers and playwrights. The volume of entries has grown exponentially over the years and has explored a diversity of styles and themes – from performance poetry to science fiction. The composition of the jury for these awards includes poets, literary critics, novelists, journalists, scholars and teachers from different parts of the country.
2024 Longlist – Creative Writing (English)
TFA is pleased to announce the longlist for the nineteenth edition of the TOTO Awards for Creative Writing in English. From a total of 194 applications that we received, 26 young writers have been longlisted for the two awards. Their names, in no particular order, are:
Faiz Ahmad, Mumbai
Aditya Gautam, Bengaluru
Yamini Krishnan, New Delhi
Abhishek Basak, Delhi
Varsha Ananth Murthy, Bengaluru
Azhar Wani, Srinagar
Zainab Ummer Farook, Kozhikode
Tuhin Bhowal, Bengaluru
Sumedha Chakravarthy, New Delhi
Ajay Kumar, Hyderabad
Vismaya Vishwa, Bengaluru
Tanya Singh, Chandigarh
Shinjini Dey, Secunderabad
Michael Verghese, Bengaluru
Lonav Ojha, Tezpur
Rose Maria Alexis, Bengaluru
Tanvi Kulkarni, Pune
Kanika Ahuja, New Delhi
Kinshuk Gupta, Kaithal
Navya Sah, Bengaluru
Prerna Kalbag, Delhi
Afreen Khan, Delhi
Nupur Saraswat, Bengaluru
Subhrojyoti Mukherjee, Kolkata
Ishani Pant, Kolkata
Denzel Joyson AJ, Bengaluru
These awards are supported by Mani Rao Foundation and Naboneeta Majumdar.
Past Winners
Moachiba Jamir, Aparna Chivukula (2023)
Aswin Vijayan, Uday Kanungo (2022)
Kunjana Parashar, Amulya B (2021)
Riddhi Dastidar, Noor Niamat Singh (2020)
Swati Simha, Shreya Ila Anasuya (2019)
Maya Palit, Urvashi Bahuguna (2018)
Arvind Jayan, Sohini Basak (2017)
Tushar Jain, Danish Shaikh (2016)
Mohit Parikh, Kaushik Viswanath (2015)
Rohan Chhetri, Mihir Vatsa (2014)
Swetanshu Bora, Aditi Rao (2013)
Ramneek Singh, Joshua Muyiwa (2012)
Deepika Arwind, Ishita Basu Mallik (2011)
Abhishek Majumdar, Ram Ganesh Kamatham (2010)
Aditi Machado, Neel Chaudhuri (2009)
Anindita Sengupta, Arka Mukhopadhyay (2008)
Monica Mody, Sneha Rajaram (2007)
Nisha Susan, Shakti Bhatt, SS Prasad (2006)