{"id":3152,"date":"2013-02-28T23:12:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T23:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pothi.com\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2016-04-29T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:34:44","slug":"my-lovers-diary-contest-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/my-lovers-diary-contest-results\/","title":{"rendered":"My Lover&#8217;s Diary Contest: Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/my-lovers-diary-contest-results\/happiness\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?fit=500%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312653374&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"happiness\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?fit=500%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3157\" alt=\"happiness\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/happiness.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Drum rolls please&#8230; Yes! We are ready with the results. And the winners are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sreedevi K<\/strong> for her entry &#8220;Silent Promises&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bindu Menon<\/strong> for &#8220;A Stalker&#8217;s Diary&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Our <a title=\"Who can judge a\u00a0diary?\" href=\"http:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/who-can-judge-a-diary\/\">judge<\/a> says<\/strong> About &#8220;Silent Promises&#8221;: Closest to the prescribed format. Good storytelling, simple, lucid writing. The joint family backdrop will strike a chord with many. About &#8220;A Stalker&#8217;s Diary&#8221;: Edgy, very different twist to the concept.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the winners! We&#8217;ll contact you shortly about the prize money.<\/p>\n<p>A special mention is also due for <strong>Revathi S Kumaran&#8217;s<\/strong> &#8220;Inadequate Identities&#8221; because of the story-telling. Not strictly a diary, but a fabulous short story.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks a lot everyone for participating. And a very special thanks to Chandrima for taking up the tough task of judging the contest. By the way, if you have not checked out her novel &#8220;<a title=\"A Song for I by Chandrima Pal on Flipkart.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flipkart.com\/a-song-for-i\/p\/itmdeq47hw7pf7yn?pid=9789381506127\" target=\"_blank\">A Song for I<\/a>&#8221; yet, do it right away. Beautifully produced book with an intriguing story of music uniting and separating two generations. To be posted soon<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Organizer&#8217;s observation about the entries.<\/li>\n<li>Winning and special-mention entries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color:#c0c0c0;\"><em>Image &#8220;Unexpected Wedding&#8221; courtesy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/josemanuelerre\/6072897438\/\"><span style=\"color:#c0c0c0;\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/josemanuelerre\/6072897438\/<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drum rolls please&#8230; Yes! We are ready with the results. And the winners are Sreedevi K for her entry &#8220;Silent Promises&#8221; Bindu Menon for &#8220;A Stalker&#8217;s Diary&#8221; Our judge says About &#8220;Silent Promises&#8221;: Closest to the prescribed format. Good storytelling, simple, lucid writing. The joint family backdrop will strike a chord with many. About &#8220;A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/my-lovers-diary-contest-results\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Lover&#8217;s Diary Contest: Results&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-OQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4094,"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions\/4094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}