The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is inviting entries for the 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. In its fifth year, the prize is a cash award of Rs 1 lakh, and a trophy. The award covers poetry, fiction (including graphic novels), creative non-fiction (travel writing, autobiography, biography, and narrative journalism), and drama.

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The Shakti Bhatt Foundation has invited nominations for the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.

Entries can be in any genre: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction (travel writing, autobiography, biography, and narrative journalism), drama. Authors from the subcontinent are eligible but the book must be published in India. Publications must be in English or translated into English from an Indian language.

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The Shakti Bhatt Memorial Reading & Tribute on September 27, 2007. The Shakti Bhatt Foundation will announce the inaugural 2008 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.

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This year, there was no Pulitzer awarded for drama.