{"id":6670,"date":"2021-03-09T18:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2021-03-11T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T10:25:05","slug":"khudmukhtaar-short-story-writing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/khudmukhtaar-short-story-writing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"KhudMukhtaar – Short Story Writing Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of Daastan<\/a> and KhudKaar<\/a>‘s upcoming event Lit’Think Layyah, we are launching a short Story writing competition ‘KhudMukhtaar’. KhudMukhtaar aims to develop a sense of responsibility in people to help eradicate poverty<\/em> and create a better living standard for the working classes.<\/p>\n

What is Lit’Tech Layyah?<\/h2>\n

Layyah has been one of most neglected cities of South Punjab<\/em> where\u00a0talented people are unable to earn a decent living.\u00a0Lack of awareness, access to opportunities and absence of digital infrastructure has further worsened the situation.<\/p>\n

Daastan has teamed up with KhudKaar House \u2013 Layyah\u2019s first community center<\/strong>\u00a0to launch incubation programs<\/em> to teach modern digital skills of creative industry to local youth and provide themwith hi-tech digital devices and hi-speed internet so they can unlock global opportunities.<\/p>\n

What is KhudMukhtaar?<\/h2>\n

KhudMukhtaar is a short-story writing competition as part of Lit’Tech Layyah. KhudMukhtaar is a\u00a0unique opportunity for the local content creators to come forward and contribute local stories<\/em> in local languages<\/em>. Daastan will collect the best stories and publish them in the form of an ebook on Qissa<\/a> \u2013 Pakistan\u2019s premier book publishing platform.<\/p>\n

KhudMukhtaar – Theme and Rules<\/h2>\n

The theme of our short-story Writing Competition is Self-reliance ( \u062e\u0648\u062f \u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631). The topic of our short story writing contest is (\u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062e\u0648\u062f \u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631\u060c \u0645\u06cc\u0631\u0627 \u0648\u062c\u0648\u062f \u062e\u0648\u062f \u06a9\u0627\u0631!) I am self-reliant and self-made is my existence.\u00a0<\/em>Rules for the contest are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  • Word Limit: 1000-1500 words<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Submission Deadline 25th March<\/li>\n
  • Foul language will lead to disqualification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    You can submit your story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n