Asian Woman Artist & Author of the Year Award 2018

Congratulations!!!

The VAANI Asian Woman Artist of the Year Award 2018 goes to....

Dr Supriya Dodhal

And for the very first time, the VAANI Asian Woman Author of the Year Award goes to...

Richa Jain Jindal

Winners of VAANI AWARDS 2018

Heartiest Congratulations to all the participants!!!

Here are the names of those who achieved the medals this year.

Nivedita Mahesh Rajagopal	Dance solo: 5-10 years	1st
Nidhi Sawant	Dance solo: 5-10 years	2nd
Akshansh Sharma	Dance solo: 5-10 years	3rd
CutiePie Dance Group	Dance group: 5-10 years	1st
Anshul Dubey	Dance Group: 5-10 years	2nd
Arjun Varshney	Dance Group: 5-10 years	2nd
Jeeyaa S. Chettiar	Dance group: 5-10 years	3rd
Ishmeet Kaur Sukhmany	Dance group: 5-10 years	3rd
Anshul Dubey	Dance Group: 11-16 years	1st
Devansh Dubey	Dance Group: 11-16 years	1st
2nd - Bro & Sis Rocks	Dance Group: 11-16 years	2nd
Anshul Dubey	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Kaivalya Kumaar S. Chettiar	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Jeeyaa Chettiar	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Devansh Dubey	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Aryan Varshney	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Arjun Varshney	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Arushi Varshney	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Krish Pandya	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Jil Pandya	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Ishmeet Kaur Sukhmany	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Dilraj Singh Sukhmany	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Saisha Suvarna	Dance Group: 11-16 years	3rd
Cutie Pie	Dance group Adult	1st
Archana	Dance group Adult	2nd
Dream girls	Dance group Adult	3rd
Mia Bhute	Just-A-Minute 5-10 years	1st
Divyanshi	Just-A-Minute 5-10 years	2nd
Anushree Kale	Just-A-Minute 5-10 years	3rd
1st - Havik Singh	Just-A-Minute 11-15years	1st
Pravar Kulshreshtra	Just-A-Minute 11-15years	2nd
Nalini	Just-A-Minute 11-15years	3rd
Priyanka Sharma	Just-A-Minute Adult	1st
Robin Thakur	Just-A-Minute Adult	2nd
Yash Kulshreshtra	Just-A-Minute Adult	3rd
Bhavesh Sai	Singing 5-10 years	1st
Ishana Shiva	Singing 5-10 years	2nd
Divyakshi Purohit	Singing 5-10 years	3rd
Vidisha Handoo	Singing 11-15years	1st
Pravar Kulshreshtra	Singing 11-15years	2nd
Jeeyaa Sugesh Chettiar	Singing 11-15years	3rd
Kaivalya Kumaar Sugesh	Singing 11-15years	3rd
Dharam Purohit	Singing Adult	1st
Prabhu Shankar Purohit	Singing Adult	2nd
Kaushalya Purohit	Singing Adult	3rd
Jiya Thakur	Creative Writing 5-10 years	1st
Tvisha Mangal	Creative Writing 5-10 years	2nd
Aamod  Upadhyaya	Creative Writing 5-10 years	3rd
Shreya Nivarty	Creative Writing 11-15 years	1st
Sankar Ponniah	Creative Writing 11-15 years	2nd
Manish Kandimalla	Creative Writing 11-15 years	3rd
Srinivas nivarty	Creative Writing Adult	1st
Amina Agmath	Creative Writing Adult	2nd
Smitha Nagaraj	Creative Writing Adult	3rd
Nived	Chess 5-10 years	Champion
Rayhran	Chess 5-10 years	Runner up
Varun	Chess 11-16 years	Champion
Aekus	Chess 11-16 years	Runner up
Keerthana Rajendra	Painting 5-10 years	1st
Veda Bhatt	Painting 5-10 years	2nd
Amod Upadhyaya	Painting 5-10 years	3rd
Siddharth Thakur	Painting 11-16 years	1st
Abheer Kohli	Painting 11-16 years	2nd
Sonakshi Aggrawal	Painting 11-16 years	3rd
Archana Malhotra	Painting Adult	1st
Anita	Painting Adult	2nd
Rumi Thakur	Painting Adult	3rd
Samika Bansal	Dance group: 5-10 years	1st
Ishita Shukla	Dance group: 5-10 years	1st
Oviya Vashisth	Dance group: 5-10 years	1st
Myeisha Kulkarni	Dance group: 5-10 years	1st
Arya Burkule	Dance group: 5-10 years	1st
Sheetal Nagrik	Dance group Adult	1st
Tanu Mishra	Dance group Adult	1st
Priyanka Gupta	Dance group Adult	1st
Tejashree Rao	Dance group Adult	1st
Priyanka Shukla	Dance group Adult	1st

Mrs Khan (Shobu Kapoor) as Chief Guest on VAANI Awards Night 4th Nov 18

We are delighted to have Shobu Kapoor as our Chief Guest during VAANI AWARDS NIGHT

on 4th Nov 2018

To know more about Shobu Kapoor please visit https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438507/

ALL TICKETS MUST BE PREBOOKED

Box Office closing date is 28th Oct 2018.

See you there

VAANI AWARDS NIGHT 4th Nov 18

VAANI ASIAN WOMAN AUTHOR AND ARTIST AWARD 2018 VAWAAA

For the first time in UK VAANI brings to you its annual ASIAN WOMAN AUTHOR AND ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018.

Nominations
Nominations for the 2018 VAANI Asian Woman Author of the Year Awards are now OPEN.

VAANI ASIAN WOMAN AUTHOR AND ARTIST OF THE YEAR Nomination Form

Please review these guidelines before submitting a nomination

Nomination Fee: £10 per nomination

Deadline: September 25, 2018

Eligibility

Traditionally published or self-published books are eligible, as are electronically published books on a major platform (Kindle, Nook, or iPad). For electronic books, a URL and ISBN must be provided for judges to review. Only books published within the 2017 calendar year (January 1 to December 31) are eligible.
Professional artists are eligible, as are amateur artists just panning out. Previous exhibition experiences or workshops, art classes, selling their own work etc experience must be provided. Only the most recent works (period covering 2017) will be accepted by the Judges for review.

The winners will receive a huge prize of £100 each to support them in their future endeavours. 

Definition of a VAANI ASIAN WOMAN Author and or Artist of the year

To be considered a VAANI Author or VAANI Artist and thus be eligible for nomination for VAWAAA, an author or artist must meet one of the following criteria: the author/artist must have been a resident of United Kingdom when the nominated book was written or the art work exhibited, though she may have since moved out of country; or the author/artist must be currently living in United Kingdom when the book/art is nominated.

Definitions of VAWAAA Categories for 2018

A book may be nominated in only one category selected by the nominator.

Fiction - by a single author

Short Story Collection—By a single author

Poetry - Chapbook, Full-Length Book—By a single poet

Nonfiction - by a single author

In the Event an Award Is Not Made in a Category

VAANI reserves the right to not award a winner in a category if it is determined that none of the nominations should win. 

IMPORTANT

Please remember to email submissions@vaani.org after you have paid £10 for Entry.

Submit

Authors please send a copy of your book to

VAANI ASIAN WOMAN AWARDS
168 Beeches Road,
Chelmsford,
CM1 2SA.

Artists email on the above email address a portfolio with authentic photos of the Art Work.

Payment details:
Account Name: VAANI
Bank:                 HSBC
Account No.:      42243024
Sort Code:         40-25-27
Reference:         AWARD18

AWARDS NIGHT
Winners will be announced on 4th Nov 2018 during VAANI AWARDS NIGHT. The shortlisted authors and Artists are required to attend both Shortlisted Authors and Artists Night on 6th Oct 2018 and the Awards Night.

Glimpses of VAANI Talent show 2018

Submissions Invited

Submissions for the VAANI Asian Women Author of the Year Award 2018 and
Author of the year Award 2018 are going to be open on 25th July 2018.

Eligible entries from Published or self published in the UK Authors/Asian women authors in the year 2017

Please send first three chapters of your Fiction/ Non Fiction book along with short Author's bio to
submissions@vaani.org

A panel of judges will decide the short listed authors and the winner.

Short listed authors will get a chance to read and discuss their work at the Short listed Author's evening on 6th Oct 2018.

More details and registration form to follow.

Last Chance to book your place

Coming up...30th June 2018

DANCE, SINGING and JUST-A-MINUTE (JAM) COMPETITIONS

For ALL Age groups including Adults

30th June 2018 

Singing (solo and Group), Dance (solo and Group), Just-a-Minute (JAM) Competition

To register click here

https://goo.gl/forms/hrL9g5dnIYL0LCXB3

Other important dates for your diary this year

22nd September 2018 - Art Exhibition 

6th Oct 2018 - Shortlisted Authors Night 

3rd/24th Nov 2018 - VAANI AWARDS 

Please share, like and participate on 

FB: www.facebook.com/vaani.org

Tweet: @Vaani_Official

Website: www.vaani.org

VAANI Art Exhibition 2018 - 1st September

This year we are again organising an ART Exhibition for Asian women artists based in the UK. 

There will be a large exhibition on the 1st September 2018 in the Ilford Central Library where we will exhibit selected art works, sculptures, art installations by local Asian Women artists and other artists all around UK. 

The exhibition partners are Vision Redbridge. There will be Art & Craft workshops for both young and adults at various times during the day.

We would like to invite artists to send in their proposals by using this Registration form https://goo.gl/forms/RDFUx1vJ6VI23AyB3.  Only a select few will get a chance to exhibit their work and get entry into the Award.

We welcome both amateur and professional artists. We will also display our young and adult winners of the past VAANI Art Competitions.

There will be public voting and based on that we will be announcing this year's 
VAANI ASIAN WOMAN ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

As we have limited space an early registration is recommended.

Announcing ... Asian Woman Author of the year Award 2018

We are very excited to announce that this year we will be awarding the first ever

'ASIAN WOMAN AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018'

Submissions will be open from 15th June 2018 from both authors and their publishers.

The closing date is 30th September 2018.

The submission criteria will be posted here by the end of May.

There will be a panel of prominent judges.

Short Listed Authors evening on 6th Oct 2018 to be held in Ilford.

The awardee will be announced during prestigious VAANI AWARDS in Nov 2018.

VAANI Competitions 2018

Please use the registration form to register interest. 

21st April 2018  

Chess Championship, Creative writing and Painting Competition

To register click here

https://goo.gl/forms/HoaTtAeZxubXQinB3

30th June 2018 

Singing (solo and Group), Dance (solo and Group), Just-a-Minute Competition

To register click here

https://goo.gl/forms/hrL9g5dnIYL0LCXB3

Other important dates for your diary

22nd September 2018 - Art Exhibition 

6th Oct 2018 - Shortlisted Authors Night 

3rd Nov 2018 - VAANI AWARDS 

Please share, like and participate on 

FB: www.facebook.com/vaani.org

Tweet: @Vaani_Official

Website: www.vaani.org

Thank you

VAANI Competitions 2018 - 21st April 18

Please register interest as soon as possible to avoid disapointment.

Date: 21^st April 2018

Time: 10.30am to 6.00pm

Venue: York Room & Gloucester Room in Ilford Central Library
Food Stalls (Please bring lots of change)

Entry fee: £3 per person per competition

Age groups: (5 years to 10 years) (11 years to 16 years) and (17years and adult) for all competitions.

Theme: "Make a noise" and "Things that you feel for the most"

VAANI is a non-profit charitable volunteer run organization. We encourage people to enjoy Art and culture by participating in various competitions run through out the year. At the end of the year we Award the winners by organizing a grand and prestigious VAANI AWARDS NIGHT.

Schools interested to propose Art students who deserve recognition and deserve an award please contact us by 20^th September for more details and entry.

A select few paintings from the competition will get an opportunity to be exhibited along with professional Artists during VAANI Art Exhibition.

Ilford Central Library will laminate a select few stories from Creative writing Competition and display them in the library foyer and on the library tv.

All Winners will be notified at least a few weeks before the Awards Night. They are expected to attend the Award Night for them to be awarded by dignitaries and enjoy the proud moment. Unfortunately, due to lack of funding we are unable to provide send/collection of the awards on a later date.

Chess Competition                       

Contact Robin Thakur on 07984876280

Time: 10.30am to 1.00pm

Creative Writing Competition     

Contact Vinod Agrawal on 07958288220

Time: 2.00pm to 3.00pm

Theme as above

****Please bring your own paper, pen and eraser
No prior written notes allowed in the room******

Painting Competition                  

Contact Archana Jha on 07738983808

Judges – 2 Judges

Time: 3.45pm to 5.300pm

Theme as above

****Please bring your own colours, pen, pencil, brushes and eraser

We will provide you with papers but you can bring canvas etc if so desired. 

No prior markings, stickers, paints or drawings on the canvas or paper will be accepted inside the hall.