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Spiny
Babbler, the arts and literature organization, is holding a high-school
level short story program involving more than 20 nations of the
Asia Pacific Region. Students have been invited to write stories
related to mountain issues. Such stories may be based on broad-ranging
topics such as environment, wildlife, culture, geography, economy,
and topics of human experience. Para Limbu, chairperson of Spiny
Babbler and Project Leader of the program said the Asia Pacific
Mountain Network (APMN) is supporting this attempt of the organization.
The
short story competition is among a series of global interaction
programs being scheduled by Spiny Babbler as it approaches its 10th
anniversary. The October edition of the literary journal is to cover
approximately 50 contemporary poets of the United Kingdom, Patricia
Oxley, editor of Acumen, among the finest journals of present day
England, is putting together the edition.
Stories
submitted to the program will be published in a special edition
of Spiny Babbler monthly journal and distributed in about 30 countries
worldwide. Nations participating in the program include Australia,
India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, and Singapore. |
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