"Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do."                                                  
- Gray Quotes

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 - 2021.
• 1st Runner-up from each language (Readers’ and Editors’ Choice) will get the certificate and trophy of 1st Runner Up : Author of the Year - 2021.
• 2nd Runner-up from each language (Readers’ and Editors’ Choice) will get the certificate and trophy of 2nd Runner Up : Author of the Year - 2021.
• 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 featured on the StoryMirror Wall of Fame and will get a 50% discount on StoryMirror book publishing packages, subject to minimum qualifying criteria.
• All nominees will get a discount coupon from StoryMirror to buy books worth Rs 150.

Mega Prize:

One writer with maximum claps will be eligible for a free physical book publishing contract.

Weekly Winners:

Five writers with maximum claps per week across all languages will get free books worth upto 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:

1. Most Consistent Writer of the Year - Writer who has submitted maximum contents (story, poem and audio) every month of 2021 (Jan-dec)
2. Most Prolific Writer of the Year - Writer who has submitted maximum content (story, poem and audio) during the year 2021 
3. Best 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 2021 
4. Best 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
5. Best 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
6. Best 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
7. Best Emerging Writer of the Year - Writer who has started writing on StoryMirror in the year 2021 only and secured the highest average editorial score, subject to a minimum 25 contents published during the year.