This year was our 5th round of collaboration with Telugu Association of North America (TANA) to promote original children’s stories in Telugu. We called for entries for picture stories for children under 10 and for novels for children over 10 years.
An overwhelming 63 picture stories & 41 novels came our way! We thank our judges Dr. M Bhupal, Ms. Manjuluri Krishnakumari, Ms. G Maheswari and Ms. V.S. Pavithra for going through them all. Five stories were selected in each category.
The book release was planned for August 9th, 2025 at Oxford Grammar High School, and we crossed our fingers for good weather in a season of excess rainfall! Two more books were also released on the same occasion, making it a mighty dozen!
Some snapshots from the event:
We thank everyone who attended the event and made it a success – our esteemed guests (Acharya T. Gangadhar garu, Ravi Potluri garu, M.Vedakumar garu, C.S. Rambabu garu, Vasireddy Naveen garu, Haripriya Batthula garu), our authors and illustrators, friends from the media, family members and well-wishers. Thank you for encouraging children’s literature.
Find some more pictures here (highlights) and here (prize distribution).
Our collaboration with TANA has been highly impactful in terms of encouraging original stories in Telugu. So far, this collaboration has resulted in 26 novels and 33 picture stories being published! A bunch of them are still currently available – you can find them in this link.
