- 3 first prizes, one each in Poetry, Fiction and Oral Literature, of Rs.10,000/-
- 3 second prizes, one each in Poetry, Fiction and Oral Literature, of Rs.7,500/-
- 3 third prizes, one each in Poetry, Fiction and Oral Literature, of Rs.5,000/-
- 5 consolation prizes in Poetry, Fiction and Oral Literature, each of Rs.2,500/-
- 50 consolation prizes, of a one-year subscription to the Akademi's bimonthly journal Indian Literature
My entry, Subha, a translation from Bengali into English of a short story of Rabindranath Tagore, won a prize in the last category.
I am thrilled to bits. My entry will actually get published in the Akademi's Indian Literature. Wow!