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2nd
Annual Youth Writing Contest
We’ve picked the words, so start writing! There
is no theme, but all the short stories must include
the words cousin, river,
and turmeric. The competition
is open
to those 6-8 and 9-11. The deadline for entries is
Sunday, December 17, 2006. The stories
will be judged by Sangeeta Mehta, associate editor
at Simon Pulse,
an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing. Click here for complete rules
and an entry form.
The two winners will be announced on our Web site
at the end of January 2007. In part II of the Kahani contest, we will solicit artwork from children to
illustrate the two entries. As the first prize, the
winning writers and illustrators will have their
work published in the Spring 2007 issue of Kahani.
This contest is open to non-subscribers as well,
so spread the word.
Holidays
We’re celebrating the holidays
in true desi style:
• Writer Rukhsana Khan and artist Farida Zaman team
up for “A Rosy Pink Eid.” Will Sameena and her sister
ever make peace before Eid?
• With exquisite illustrations from Lara Lakshmi, novelist
Kashmira Sheth pens a story on garbha. Get your dancing
shoes out!
• Veera Hiranandani’s Kaveeta is disappointed her cousins
cancel their Thanksgiving trip at the last minute. What’s going
to happen to ALL that food her mom cooked up? (Here’s an interesting
side note: illustrator Adnan Hussain comes from a very
artistic family. Big brother Waqas Hussain is going
to be illustrating for Kahani’s
Winter 2007 issue, Making Music!)
And so much more:
• Spotlight’s Sunita Williams is going to celebrate the
holidays…250
miles above Earth!
• Think you know all the major celebrations in South
Asia? For Real! digs up some you may not have heard
of….
• In Smart Art, we show you step-by-step how to make
a one-of-a-kind mobile.
Look for Holidays in your mailbox by the end of October.
Write for Us!
Parents, all this writing and illustrating got you
inspired? Well, write for us! Check out the new Submission
Guidelines. We’ve put up our Editorial Calendar
for all of next year. We’re working on Making Music right now,
so hope to hear from some of you soon.
2007 Rolls in with Making Music
We kick off 2007 with a Kahani issue dedicated to Making
Music.
Narinder Dhami of Bend It Like Beckham fame is writing a short story
for this issue. Vashanti Rahaman, who wrote for our Diaspora issue
earlier this year, returns with a story for our younger readers. And
Kahani is happy to welcome emerging writer Vijayalakshmi Chary into
the family.
Any special features you want to read in this issue?
Let us know at editor@kahani.com
Sponsors Needed
What do Rita and Mukesh Patel of California and Deepika
and Sanjay Prasad of Maryland have in common? Well, they’ve
both sponsored Kahani issues. As an ad-free magazine, Kahani depends
entirely on subscription money to cover publishing costs. But many
times, that is just not enough. That’s why we rely on the
generosity of people like the Patels and the Prasads to help make
ends meet. Besides getting our undying gratitude, these families
also get a blurb in the magazine, as well as a permanent mention
on our Web site. Want to sponsor an issue? Write to marketing@kahani.com.
We will be oh so grateful.
Parent/Child
Book Club – Interested?
We’re thinking of starting a Kahani Parent/Child
Book Club. This is how it will work: we’ll
pick a book with a South Asian theme (appropriate
for 4th graders and above) and meet on a Sunday afternoon
at a local library or bookstore. We’ll send
out a discussion list in advance to help you prepare.
There will be a moderator on hand, as well as the
author if he/she happens to live in/be visiting the
neighborhood! Since we are based in Massachusetts,
we want to try it out here first. Can our Massachusetts
subscribers drop us a line at editor@kahani.com and
tell us if you would be interested or not? The book
club should last about two hours and will take place
in either Newton or Wellesley right before Thanksgiving.
If the discussion is successful, we hope to repeat
the format in other cities around the country.
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