ALSphere Foundation
It is the beginning of Autumn season with nature adorning warm shades of yellow and orange, and a time of festivities around different cultures. For us writers, it is a perfect time to hone our creativity, and pen our experiences which shape our thoughts.
ALS is here with another exciting writing opportunity “National Writers Sprint 2024”.
The “National Writers Sprint 2024” or NWS 2024 will be for a period of 40 days. Why 40 days, you ask?
Well, a 40-day period is considered under many traditions, as a significant time to develop a new habit, to alter a negative habit or build self-discipline or self-control, be it meditation, walking, yoga, getting up early, reading, sketching or writing. Once a consistent practice of 40 days is completed, it becomes a part of your routine or lifestyle. It is also called “Charam Chalisa”, “Sadhana” or “Lent”. It is also believed that every 40 to 48 days, human physiology goes through a cycle called a mandala.
So we, at ALS, are committed to make writing a consistent habit for our community members.
Here are some key guidelines for NWS 2024:
- NWS 2024 begins from 6th Nov 2024 (so no excuse of festivities!) and will end on 15th December 2024.
- The writers are free to choose their writing genre, as well as writing form. So, you can write a poem, a short story, or even commence a novel at the beginning of NWS and continue adding words each day. You can also decide to write poetry on some days and short story on others. Just keep writing!
- The poem should be of minimum 10 lines (no maximum limit), and the short story should have a minimum of 100 words (no maximum limit). For novel writers, you should write at least 500 words each day.
- You can pen your writings in English/ Hindi.
- A prompt will be shared each day for poem/ short story. The use of prompt is optional.
- Please post your writings every day at ALS Facebook group as a separate post along with a relevant picture, in order to keep up the spirit of community writing.
- Do not let your creativity be restricted by word limit or the prompt given.
- Those who complete the NWS 2024 by writing for 40 days will be given an e-certificate at the end of the period.
- Those who complete NWS would be given an opportunity to get their poems/ short stories/ novel published at a special discounted price by Novoquill Publications. Any queries regarding the same may be sent to [email protected]
