Results 2022
We are delighted to announce the results of Wingword Poetry Competition 2022. In this year’s competition, we received participation over 1500 entries. We thank all participants for sharing their poetry in its most sincere and heartfelt form with us.
Congratulations to the winners and commendable mentions and huge thanks to all participants for making this year’s competition a memorable one!
Winners
The First Prize of Fifty Thousand Rupees has been awarded to Nandana Dev Sen, a resident of New York, USA for her poem ‘Daybreak’. Click here to read the poem.
The Second Prize of Twenty Five Thousand Rupees has been awarded to Bibhusha Rai, a resident of Darjeeling, West Bengal for her poem ‘Darjeeling Tea’. Click here to read the poem.
The Third Prize of Fifteen Thousand Rupees has been awarded to Navjyot Kaur, a resident of Rodez, France for her poem ‘Barren’. Click here to read the poem.
The Shortlist
The shortlisted poets receive Ten Thousand Rupees each. Check out the list of prizewinners below.
Ajit Anand- Green Leggings
Simran Khatri- Opium
Jeevan Mehta- Who’s Your Bluetooth?
Merlin Zacharia- The Hunchback in the Park
Kanishk Purohit- Tease
Idika Rao- Last Train from Udupi Junction
Aanchal Pandey- Shiva’s Bow
Kartikeya Naidu-How We Met and Why You Left
Anvi Modi- The Invitation Letter
Phalguni Yadav- A Classroom of Ghosts
Arunima Bhattacharjee- Dress Me Up
Manan Joshi- Dancing Lights of Varanasi
Anahita Saxena Rao- Warrior
Saanvi Kohli- Vested Interests
Zoya- The Invitation Letter
Regional Category
The results of Regional Category of Wingword Poetry Competition 2022 have been declared. Check out the list of prizewinners below.
The First Prize of Thirty Thousand Rupees has been awarded to Suniti Kumar Maity, a resident of Kolkata, West Bengal for his poem ‘অভিসার’. Click here to read the poem.
The Second Prize of Twenty Thousand Rupees has been awarded to Sibu Kumar Das, a resident of Bhubaneshwar, Orissa for his poem ‘ମହାନଦୀକୁ ବିଚିତ୍ର ସମୟର ଡ଼ାକ’. Click here to read the poem.
The Third Prize of Ten Thousand Rupees has been awarded to Spondon Ganguli, a resident of Hooghly, West Bengal for his poem ‘তুমি আমার প্রভু’. Click here to read the poem.
The Shortlist
The Shortlisted Poets of Regional Category receive Seven Thousand Five Hundred Rupees each.
தண்ணீர் by V.S Swaminathan
कौन कहता है by Akhilesh Mitra
एक छोटी उम्मीद by Bhavna Sharma
মা ডাকছে by Sneha Roy
ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ? Hardeep Singh
Commendable Mentions
Ruchika Bhuyan- Imposter Syndrome
Mayura Priyan T- தனிமையைப் புரிதல்
Mingma CHoekyi Zimba Tamang- Blue Lotus
Ananya Sahoo- Rulebook
Shruti Mahesh- All they wanted for daughters
Atharv Sharma- मन उदास हैं
Probal Mazumdar- Start of a New Journey
Ayushi Saha- Teeth
Vikram Iyer- सृष्टि तेरे वत्स की काव्य कितनी है सरल
George Santhosh- Match made in heaven?
Neethu Prasanna- Captcha
Sundar Swaminathan- On my birthday
Mrudani Deosthali- पतंग या परिंदा
Amitesh Das- আলোর উঠান
Barnashree Kashnabois- Testimonies of Infinity
Tamanna Bangthai- Crows
Abhiram Kuchibhotla- After the pyre
Mandeep Singh- इंक़लाब
Pritha Jain- The aesthetic of rape culture
Shreyaa Deori- Closer
Akshada Shrotriya- of reality and death
Gopi Kottoor- The Light Within (Krishna)
Meenakshi Khemka- The Swing Diaries
Lawrence Fray- Lament for a modern Zenocrate
Aishwarya Roy- Journey of a poem
Sonata Dev- The Infi-Night Scroll
Shambhavi Sinha- Walking for too long in the desert
Samarth Kulshrestha- Coffee
Kyna Mody- Dandiya Night
Ashli Varghese- A Evening Tea
Evangelene Nongkhlaw- The Lizard
Priya Verma- A Letter to the Younger Me
Certificate of Participation
All participants will receive electronic certificates of participation.