Results
Results of Wingword Poetry Competition (Summer Cycle February to June 2024) have now been declared.
During the judging of the competition, we realized that more and more different kinds of people are writing more anmore different kinds of poetry than at any other time in our country India. Reading solid poems that were submitted to the competition only strengthened this belief.
These poems have the power to buoy us up and make us optimistic even as we feel the pull of despair. This is the poetry that makes us human.
Certificate of participation have now been sent. Kindly check your promotions and spam folders. In case you still haven’t received it, please get in touch at info@wingword.in
This year, especially, we have decided to publish Top 500 poets in our winning anthologies. The poets in the longlist (top 500) will be contacted via email. A copy of the anthology will be shipped to their address.
Important Note: Please note we are hosting a second competition this year from (Winter Cycle August to December 2024) whose results will be announced in January 2025.
Main Category
The first prize of INR 50,000 has been awarded to Ilina Sinha for her poem ‘Dear Baba’ from Guwahati, Assam
The second prize of INR 30,000 has been awarded to Neelima Chakraborty for her poem ‘My Mother’ from Faridabad, Haryana
The third prize of INR 25,000 has been awarded to Satish Pendharkar for his poem ‘The Seat of All Problems’ from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Runners- Up
The following poets have been awarded INR 10,000 each.
Agastya Guha- Homeless Homesick from Kolkata, West Bengal
Yashika Agrawal- Rising temperatures from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Anam Khan- Catcalls from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lakshit Raman- A Youth Wasted from New Delhi
Sana Farooqui- Puffy Eyes from Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Avika Kiplani- The Friendly Mother-in-Law from Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Sidhvik Teotia- Last Waiting Winter from Surat, Gujarat
Anishka Tyagi- Lipstick Stains on His Shirt from Hisar, Haryana
Tanmay Dutta- Material Living from Nagpur, Maharashtra
Christina Fernandes- Just a Minute from Panjim, Goa
Commendable Mentions
Tapan Kumar Pradhan, The Trial, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Chaitra Hegde- Muse, mother, thief, Honnavar, Karnataka
Vandana Rao, The Physics of Death, Banglaore, Karnataka
Ishan Sharma, At Death’s Door, Dharamshala, Himachal Pardesh
Kiran Sathe, Freeze Frame, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Dr Kusumita Mukherjee Debnath, Body Politics, Kalyani Nadia, West Bengal
Gopi Kottoor, Sapera, Kerala, Trivandrum
Shreya Deshpande, Of fleeting sunsets, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ankita Kolhe, Spirits Never Die, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Dr Anamika Nath, Revisiting, Tezpur, Assam
Rinitha Rajendran, Military- A Miracle Or a Debacle? The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu
Shrijana Subba- (Re)defining Immunity- Darjeeling, West Bengal
Ishita Bagchi- Bloom- Delhi, Delhi
Mridvi Khetan- Lips, Faridabad, Haryana
Aditi Dhar Choudhury- A Different Lockdown- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Anushka Jain- मातृ-ошка (Matri-oshka)- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Saara Mathur- Do You Sell Time?- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Radhika R- The Man who Perfected the Art of Rehabilitation- Kochi , Kerala
Laudeep Singh- Cold Street- Gurugram, Haryana
Kakoli Ghosh- By Default- New Delhi, Delhi
Shivi Shivi- Milkmaid- New Delhi, Delhi
Kanupriya Rathore- New Year- Jaipur, RAJASTHAN
Reya Mohammed Raffi- Silences & The Loud Anchor of Grief- THRISSUR, Kerala
Isha Naravane- WEIGHTY HAIKUS- Gurugram, Haryana
Aditi Pote- The Assembly Line- PUNE, MAHARASHTRA
Maria Fernandes- Calm and Chaos- Verna, Goa
Asenath Jane R- Dead Poets Make Pretty Flowers- Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Subashree Vijayadev- Mood Muse- Bengaluru, Karnataka
Saniya H- Lessons on Living- Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Jon Mite- Manipur: The lost Jewel?- Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Nripanshi Bansiwal- When you see me next!- Gurgaon, Haryana
Geralyn Pinto- The Colour of You- Mangalore, Karnataka
Aashreya Rajashekar- A Case for Radical Defiance- Secunderabad
Sunidhi Gawri- English Lessons- North West Delhi, Delhi
Srijoni Hore- The Womb- Delhi, Delhi
Akshita Sharma- Sonnet: for my mother, at sixty- New Delhi, Delhi
SHYAMASRI MAJI- Tongue/s- Durgapur, West Bengal
Vibha Verma- STOP. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH- Kalaburagi , Karnataka
Poonam Gundecha- Passing through aromatic interlude- Pune, Maharashtra
Sentinaro Jamir- Silent echoes- Mokokchung , Nagaland
Trevor Pinto- The Fakir at the Ajmeri Gate- Mangalore, Karnataka
Aanya Gulati- The Boy in the Corner- New Delhi, Delhi
Ekshikaa S- Home is- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Kieran, Anil Rogers- Footsteps That Faded Away- København, København
Indra Narayan Das- Kintsugi- GURUGRAM, HARYANA
Aryama Mukherjee- The Allegory of Dinner- Kolkata, West Bengal
Addhaya Anil- I want to put my grief at a halt like a pile of dirty clothes- Bhojpur, Bihar
Parul Kapoor- Aroma of the distinguished - Delhi , Delhi
Tamanna Bangthai- Asleep again- Moran, Assam
Ningthoujam Malemleima Chanu- A Whirlwind Romance- Delhi, New Delhi
Sharanya Rao- A voice- Udupi, Karnataka
Samudrika Patil- To Bombay, with love- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Srija Mondal- Cacophony- Kolkata, West Bengal
Anjali Hembrom- The Dark Cloud, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Alisha Mahajan- Entropy- Pune , Maharashtra
Farhan Chaudhary- Whispers of Warmth: Bertie’s Climate Quest- Pune, Maharashtra
Nidarshana Das- Beyond the Rainbow : A Call for Inclusion- Guwahati, Assam
Soumya Bandhu- The Cycle- New Delhi
Carol D'Souza- A Balancing Act over Death- Bangalore, Karnataka
Kinshuk Gupta- Interns at a Fertility Clinic- Kaithal , Haryana
Debadrita Datta- Coronation- Agartala, Tripura
Rishika Kaushik- For all the Women who existed before Me- Sonipat, Haryana
Sreemoyee Bhattacharyya- Family tree, framed by oranges- Kolkata, West Bengal
Kausalya Saptharishi- The Shadow of A Hero- New Delhi, Delhi,
Gladwin George- Boulevard Woes- Al Rusayl, Muscat
Paridhi Jain- Humility- East Delhi, Delhi
Jenish J- A Maternal Symphony: Fire and Ice- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Tanvi Malik- Hustle Culture- Delhi, Delhi
Leena Ishrot- In the spiral of the monologue of a damaged child, who flirts with death- Margherita , Assam
Anushka Dasgupta- Have You Never Seen The Rain Before?- Delhi, Delhi,
Suveni Madan- Longing- Aberdeen , Aberdeenshire
Angel Liz Davis- Lords and their Legacy- Kozhikode , Kerala
Sarthak Chaturvedi- Proclamation- Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh
Trevor Pinto- A Lion’s Shadow- Mangalore, Karnataka
Saumya Lakshman- A Heap of Rich Dust- Thane, Maharashtra
Shriyanshi Yadav- Pistachio Shells- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Sahana Arumugam- The City of Screams- Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Sajal Pathak- Granny and Her Room- Haldwani, Uttrakhand
Hemlata Poralkar- Sisters have been raising sisters- NAGPUR, MAHARASHTRA
Mallika Chandrasekhar- The Body Keeps Score- Hyderabad, Telangana
SUMBUL MOIN- GRAVEYARD OF BROKEN DREAMS- LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH
Archit Potnis- A Few Lines on Will- Pune, Maharashtra
Subashree Vijayadev- Mood Muse- Bengaluru, Karnataka
Mesak Takhelmayum- A flood, 30 years ago— for the Hmars- Imphal West , Manipur
Neha Bagri- And Again- Delhi, Delhi
Pragya Dhiman- The woman living on the street- New Delhi, Delhi
Arya Murali- Of the many choices, I choose me- Delhi, Delhi
Anil Z. Mathew- Notifications- Nagpur, Maharashtra
Paridhi Bichchhal- Unfortunate Us- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Wikim Ajang- The Will- Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh,
Amrita Kumar- Parenting the Parent- Gurgaon, Haryana
Siddhesh Satam- The Orchid Bloom- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Yukta Admane- Aaji (Grandmother)- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Shambhobi Ghosh- Mother- Kolkata, West Bengal
Saanvi Bansal- The Safest Fantasy- Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Faiz Abdulla- What if?- Mumbai, Maharashtra
Bindiya Bedi Charan Noronha- "Sonkei" – Nihon (Respect – Japan)- New Delhi, Delhi
Somoshree Palit- Judas walks to Calvary- Kolkata, West Bengal
Regional Languages Category
1st Prize in Regional Category of INR 25,000 has been awarded to Rekha NMS for her poem ఆత్మవిశ్వాసం. She is a resident of Bhadrachalam, Telangana.
2nd Prize in Regional Category of INR 15,000 has been awarded to Jaya Mishra for her poem एक वृक्ष की आत्मकथा. She is a resident of Ranchi, Jharkhand
3rd Prize in Regional Category of INR 10,000 has been awarded to Satya Deo Pathak for his poem था वो बचपन. He is a resident of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
Runners- Up
The following poets have been awarded INR 5,000 each.
Ashok Naicker- கடலில் மீனவர் from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Saloni Guha- মায়ের রাগ from Kolkata, West Bengal
Umang Jha- जब समय बताता है from Jaipur, Rajasthan
Pankaj Sahay- کچھ فیصلے اس طرح کیے جاتے ہیں۔ from Pilani, Rajasthan
Unni Nambiar- ദുഃഖവും നഷ്ടവും from Kottayam, Kerala
Sanjana Kumar- तुम मुझे कैसे छोड़ सकते हो? from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Araadhya Kothare- देवाची इच्छा from Pune, Maharashtra
Shivaprasad P- ನಾವು ಒಂದು ಕುಟುಂಬ from Udupi, Karnataka
Raashi Solanki - બ્રહ્માંડ from Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Jagriti Dhillon Brar- ਭੈਣਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਭਰਾਵਾਂ from New Delhi
Commendable Mentions
Vidhigya Pathak- स्व खड़ा तिराहे पर from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Deepak Kumbhar- धरणाचे अश्रू, from Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Ashish Mishra- दोहन, Gwalior from Madhya Pradesh
Archit Thakur- आशाबद्ध: एक कविता from Ranchi, Jharkhand
Pradnya Belkhode- एक युद्ध from Pune, Maharashtra
Debarati Majumder - লড়াকু প্রতিচ্ছায়া from Nadia, Aranghata, West Bengal
Viswapoornima A- സ്ത്രീ എന്ന സ്വതന്ത്ര രാഷ്ട്രം from Kozhikode, Kerala
Hamzah Gayasuddin- वालिद ए मरहूम की याद में from Rourkela , Odisha
Anish Uma Kishore- அன்பு மகளே from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Akil Contractor- आम आदमी हु from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Junior Category
1st Prize in Junior Category of INR 25,000 has been awarded to Tanishka Ghatak for her poem ‘पोपट लाल : एक भूचाल’. She is a resident of Faridabad in Haryana
2nd Prize in Junior Category of INR 15,000 has been awarded to Ashnab Raees Shaikh for her poem ‘The Beauty and the Beast’. She is a resident of Malegaon in Maharashtra
3rd Prize of INR 10,0000 has been awarded to Ira Ghosh Nayak for her poem ‘My Medium Family’. She is a resident of Mumbai in Maharashtra.
Runners-Up
The following poets have been awarded INR 5,000 each.
Myra Patel- By the window from Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Aanya Bansal- Being Your Own Friend from New Delhi
Anum Ansari- just us from Durgapur, West Bengal
Vinay Iyenagar- When Mother Forgets from Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Ishita Rao- Terrible mistakes we made from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mingma Gurung- My rooftop from Gangtok, Sikkim
Tanmay Singh- जुड़वा बहनें from Chandigarh, Punjab
Prashasti Sharma- Little things from Manali, Himachal Pradesh
Tara Ghosh- Welcome to the urban jungle from Kolkata, West Bengal
Anika Negi- Truth & Poison from Gurgaon, Haryana
Commendable Mentions
Amrutanshu Panda Raipur- Save Them! from Chhattisgarh
Aditya Maheshwary- The Poco Loco from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sarah Barwaniwala- Play at the Playground from Mumbai, Maharashtra
Saayuri Karmarkar- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: The World is One Family, Thane, Maharashtra
Iraa Mohan- Babbling Daffodils, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
Medha Matta- Spider-Man from Gurugram, Haryana
Aaliyah Bindra- The Girl Who Was Gray, Chandigarh
Jagadeepa Das- That Breeze, Haldia, West Bengal, Haldia
Jitmanyu Baruah- The Silver Lining, Guwahati, Assam
Sifat Sandhu- A Bar of Chocolate, Jamshedpur , Jharkhand
Aabha Ghuli- A Seed's Journey to Light, Pune, Maharasthra