Nominations for KLF Book Awards 2024 Open

KLF Book Awards 2024 celebrates literary excellence, bringing together stories, ideas and voices from across India for cultural exchange & intellectual growth

OdishaPlus Bureau

Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) announced the opening of nominations for the KLF Book Awards 2024. The award aims to honour 15 books across English, Hindi and Sanskrit languages, celebrating literary excellence and promoting cultural heritage.

“KLF Book Awards 2024 celebrates literary excellence, bringing together stories, ideas and voices from across India for cultural exchange and intellectual growth. This platform preserves and nurtures our literary heritage, connecting past, present, and future. We eagerly await nominations from the publishing houses that showcases diverse perspectives and untold stories that enrich India’s literature,” says Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Founder & Director, Kalinga Literary Festival.

Publishing houses are invited to nominate books and writers for the KLF Book Awards 2024, which will recognize distinction across seven categories in both English and Hindi and one in Sanskrit. The categories include non-fiction, fiction, business, poetry, debut, children’s books and translation.

Publishing houses can nominate up to 5 books per category in English and Hindi and 1 book in Sanskrit studies. Books must have been published between January 2024 and December 2024 to be eligible. Nominations must be submitted by November 15, 2024. A separate Book Award will be held for Odia Books in Bhubaneswar during 11^th Kalinga Literary Festival. The nominations are separately invited for the same.

“As we open the nominations for the KLF Book Awards 2024, we are reminded of literature’s profound capacity to shape societies and influence human thought. These awards honor not only the creative minds behind the written word but also the transformative power that books hold in fostering empathy, understanding and progress,” asserts Ashok Kumar Bal, CEO & Patron, Kalinga Literary Festival.