Template:Infobox awardThe 1st Rainbow Awards ceremony was held at Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi on 10 December 2023. It celebrated writers from 1 January 2022 and journalists from 1 June 2022, both until 31 May 2023.[1]
Jury
The nine-member jury composed of following members evaluated the submissions and decide on the award winners. Rohin Bhatt, queer rights activist, lawyer and bioethicist, served as a co-coordinator.[1][2]
- Adrija Bose, editor
- Alka Pande, art historian and writer
- Anish Gawande, co-found of the Pink List India
- Jyotsna Siddharth, artist and writer
- Kalki Subramaniam, activist, artist and writer
- Parvati Sharma, writer
- Poonam Saxena, writer and translator
- Sindhu Rajasekaran, writer and researcher
Winners and nominees
Lifetime Achievement Award
Hoshang Merchant, a Hyderabad-based poet and professor best known for his anthology Yaraana, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award.[1][3]
Literature
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Journalism
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rainbow Lit Fest 2023: Winners of the inaugural Rainbow Awards for Literature and Journalism announced, Sharma, Saurabh. Moneycontrol(11 December 2023).
- ↑ Inaugural Rainbow Awards to honour queer literature and journalism, Scroll Staff. Scroll.in(25 May 2023).
- ↑ 'Homosexuality is endemic where capitalism thrives,' says Hoshang Merchant. The Hindu(10 September 2018).
- ↑ Entering the maze: queer fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick{{#if:Mallick|, Mallick}. Niyogi Books(2023). ISBN 978-93-91125-90-5
- ↑ Tell me how to be{{#if:Patel|, Patel}. Flatiron Books(2021). ISBN 9781250184979
- ↑ The woman who climbed trees{{#if:Ravindra|, Ravindra}. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers(2023). ISBN 978-0-06-324048-3
- ↑ Footprints of a queer history: life-stories from Gujarat{{#if:Sharma|, Sharma}. Yoda Press(2022). ISBN 9789382579359
- ↑ I am Onir, & I am gay{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House(2022). ISBN 978-0-670-09473-8
- ↑ Homeless: Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India{{#if:K.|, K.}. Simon & Schuster(2023). ISBN 9789392099502
- ↑ Brahmin Men who love to Eat A**, Kang, Akhil. Decolonizing Sexualities Network(5 January 2023).
- ↑ The horrors of queer conversion therapy in India, Minj, Nolina. Scroll.in(2022-09-07).
- ↑ Seen-Unseen, Dastidar, Riddhi. Queer Beat(18 April 2023).
- ↑ Essay: Queering translation: Locating queerness in Indian languages, Mitra, Chittajit. Hindustan Times(2022-09-29).
- ↑ Why Saurabh Kirpal needs to be appointed as judge, Gupta, Kinshuk. The Indian Express(2023-01-27).
- ↑ Though homosexuality has been decriminalised, two incidents in Pune show how bias still prevails, Rao, R. Raj. Scroll.in(2022-07-28).