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Kala Anthology of Short Stories (2nd Edition) for Young Adults
🎉 Deadline Extended
📅 New submission Deadline: 15 December 2025
Thank you for the overwhelming response
Keep writing. Keep imagining. 🌿
📝 Google Form: https://forms.gle/G4iMbGUjn9DqkpXaA
📩 For queries: kalaanthology@gmail.com
👩🏫 Teachers & Educators: Kindly circulate in your schools and colleges. Let’s inspire the next generation of storytellers!
Are you a young adult (16–21 years) with a passion for storytelling and a heart for the planet?
Here’s your chance to be published in Kala’s upcoming anthology —
🌍 “A Journey into the Future: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Restore.”
✍️ Write a short story (2000–2500 words) in English around the theme — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Restore.
💚 25 best stories will be published!
📅 Entries close: 15 November 2025
📝 Submit through the Google Form 👉 https://forms.gle/G4iMbGUjn9DqkpXaA
💫 Educators & Teachers: Please circulate this widely among your students and young writers — let’s encourage creativity that inspires change!
📩 For queries: kalaanthology@gmail.com
We are pleased to announce our 2nd anthology of short stories. This is for young adults (16-21 years). 25 short stories found suitable by the judges shall be published.
The anthology is tentatively titled ‘A Journey into the Future: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Restore’.
Entries close on 15th November 2025.
Write your short story and submit through the Google Submission Form
https://forms.gle/G4iMbGUjn9DqkpXaA
Salient terms are summarized below.
The stories should have ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Restore’ as the central theme.
There is no entry fee for participation.
Entries are open only for young adults in the age group of 16 (as on 1st July 2024)-21 (as on 30th June 2025) years.
The short story shall be written in English and should be of 2000 to 2500 words.
There is no restriction on the number of stories that can be submitted by the writer. A separate form should be submitted for each story.
Please contact kalaanthology@gmail.com for any clarifications.
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