
Submissions for poetry festival before May 16
The Hindu
Rostrum Diaries, a virtual cultural group curated by a group of young people from Belagavi, will host the Belagavi Poetry Festival, a virtual literary festival. The multi-lingual festival will invite
Rostrum Diaries, a virtual cultural group curated by a group of young people from Belagavi, will host the Belagavi Poetry Festival, a virtual literary festival. The multi-lingual festival will invite poems in English, Hindi, Kannada and Marathi. Submissions will have to be done online. The deadline for all participants to register is May 16, 2021.
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