Eligibility

Eligibility Criteria for Entries to the DSC Prize

  1. An entry must be a full-length work of fiction of at least 25,000 words. Novels and novellas are eligible for the prize. While short story anthologies are not eligible, collections of short stories linked by theme may be considered under special circumstances at the discretion of the jury.
  2. All entries must have been published between January 1st 2011 and April 30th 2012. The entry must be published for the first time during this period, as certified by the publisher in the entry form.
  3. Entries can be submitted only through publishers, who may send in two entries per imprint. Only one additional entry per imprint may be considered if the publisher sends in a special waiver request.
  4. An entry may be submitted for consideration only once in any edition of the DSC Prize and cannot be resubmitted in a subsequent edition.
  5. In case of multiple entries made for the same book by more than one publisher, the first received entry would be considered
  6. The submitted book can be written by an author of any ethnicity from any country, which predominantly features themes based on South Asian culture, politics, history, or people. South Asia is defined as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan.
  7. The author, and where applicable, the translator must be living at the time of the book’s submission.
  8. The book must be an original work in English, or translated into English.
  9. The book must not be self-published.
  10. Books published only in e-book form are not entitled to be entered.
  11. Seven hard copies of the entry would be required to be sent to the DSC Prize Secretariat by courier.
  12. All entries in the form of hard copies need to be received by the Secretariat between 1st May and 15th June 2012.
  13. The Advisory Committee would ratify selection of entries and their decision would be final. All submissions would be treated on a confidential basis.