The Awards:
The “StoryMirror Author of the Year Award” is the Biggest Award in the space of Digital Literature & Publishing where we celebrate the incredible achievements of some of the most talented and imaginative writers in the literary world. These individuals have captivated audiences with their powerful words, and left an indelible mark on the literary landscape with their works. StoryMirror aims to acknowledge and reward such talent, in order to inspire more people to write and take pride in their achievements.
With great pleasure, we are proud to present the 5th edition of StoryMirror Author of the Year 2022.
And there’s more, the winners of the StoryMirror Author of the Year 2022 award will be recognized and celebrated in a physical event, adding to the excitement of the award. (Terms and conditions apply)
Award categories:These awards are given in two categories in 10 different languages as follows:
Author of the Year - 2022 (Readers’ Choice) : Writers for this category are nominated from winners of Author of the Week, winners of competitions and a few other writers who have displayed good writing skills during the year. Overall, less than 2% of the total writers who have written on StoryMirror have been nominated. The winners will be decided on the basis of the number of claps received by them.
Author of the Year - 2022 (Editors’ Choice) : Writers for this category are nominated from those who have consistently published exceptional work on StoryMirror. The winners are decided by a jury consisting of StoryMirror Editorial Team of Mr. Bibhu Datta Rout (CEO - StoryMirror) & Ms Divya Mirchandani (Chief Editor - StoryMirror).
The writers who have published their writings on StoryMirror during the period from January 01, 2022 to December 31, 2022 will be considered for Author of the Year 2022.
The Rewards:
Following rewards will be given to the winners
- Top winner from each language (Readers’ and Editors’ Choice) will get the winning certificate and trophy of Winner : Author of the Year - 2022.
- 1st Runner-up from each language (Readers’ and Editors’ Choice) will get the certificate and trophy of 1st Runner Up : Author of the Year - 2022.
- 2nd Runner-up from each language (Readers’ and Editors’ Choice) will get the certificate and trophy of 2nd Runner Up : Author of the Year - 2022.
- Top 5 winners in each language (Readers’ and Editors’ Choice) will have a chance to get their e-book published for free by StoryMirror.
- Top 10 (Readers’ Choice) & top 10 (Editors’ Choice) will be awarded a free book by StoryMirror, physical certificate and will get a 40% discount on StoryMirror book publishing packages, subject to minimum qualifying criteria.
- Writers who get more than 100 claps will be awarded a discount coupon worth Rs.500 to buy books from StoryMirror.
- Writers who get more than 50 claps will be awarded a discount coupon worth Rs.250 to buy books from StoryMirror.
- All nominees will get a discount coupon worth Rs.149 to buy books from StoryMirror and a digital certificate.
Mega Prize:
One writer with maximum claps will be eligible for a free physical book publishing contract.
Weekly Winners:
Three writers with maximum claps per week across all languages will get free books worth Rs.300 from StoryMirror. Weeks will be taken as January 1-7, January 8-14, January 15-21 and January 22-28.
Special Awards:
Each of the following winners will be awarded with a Medal and a certificate:
- Most Consistent Writer of the Year - Writer who has submitted maximum contents (story, poem and audio) every month of 2022 (Jan-Dec)
- Most Prolific Writer of the Year - Writer who has submitted maximum content (story, poem and audio) during the year 2022
- Poet of the Year - Poet who has secured the highest average editorial score on all poems published during the year, subject to a minimum of 25 poems published during the year 2022
- Story Writer of the Year - Writer who has secured the highest average editorial scores on all stories published during the year, subject to a minimum of 15 stories published during the year 2022.
- Narrator of the Year - Narrator who has secured the highest average editorial scores on all audio contents published during the year, subject to a minimum of 5 audio contents published during the year
- Quoter of the Year - Quoter who has published the maximum number of quotes during the year, subject to a minimum of 100 quotes published during the year and selected by the editorial team
- Emerging Writer of the Year - Writer who has started writing on StoryMirror in the year 2022 only and secured the highest average editorial score, subject to a minimum 25 contents published during the year.
Rules / Terms & Conditions:
- Nominees who are found guilty of unfair practices to generate claps will be disqualified even after getting maximum claps. This includes claps being received from fake IDs, temporary mail IDs, etc. StoryMirror will review all claps on a regular basis and all such claps will be nullified from respective claps counts. Also, StoryMirror will never promote such authors.
- E-book / paperback book publishing should satisfy guidelines & criteria as laid down by StoryMirror.
- The decision of StoryMirror will be final and binding in deciding the winners
- StoryMirror reserves the right to choose the mode of conduct for the awards ceremony based on its own discretion.