Concept Behind The 'Golden Quill' Awards

1. The award is for writers in English and translated text published in India.
2. There will be three awards: The Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Award 2009 will be decided by an eminent Jury and a Reader's Choice Award 2009 for fiction and non-fiction will be decided by the readers through an online process set up by Indiaplaza. The chosen authors will be a given a citation, a trophy and cash prize each.

• Ms. Arundhati Ghosh, Deputy Director - India Foundation for Arts, will be the external advisor and counselor. Ms. Ghosh will oversee the awards and ensure transparency of process.

1. For this year Publishers will be invited to submit entries from their stable of books published in 2008.
2. The shortlist of 3 books will be selected by a panel of professional reviewers.
3. The jury will read the shortlist of 3 titles and choose the award winning book.
4. For the Reader's Choice Award, individuals will choose one of the 3 books. At the end of the voting period, the book that has garnered the highest count of votes will be declared as the winner. Each individual will have a single vote.
5. The winner chosen by the Jury and by the voters will be announced at the Award ceremony to be held in the first week of September.