So finally the suspense comes to an end and our Chief Judge C V Murali, author of the books Dreams die young and Prisoners of hate, has decided the winners of the GingerChai Finish The Story contest.
He not only went through the final short listed 3 entries but also the rest of the entries by [...]
Dear Readers, cafe members, contestants and the finalists,
The announcement of the FTS grande finale is prolonged a little due to an unforseen administrative reasons. The winners will be declared on March 23rd, 2010.
Appologize for the delay.
We have entered the last leg of the contest.
Four of our author panel were involved in the selection – Lakshmi Rajan, Mani padma, Ambi and Usha Amudan.
Each one was asked to pick their best 3 entries and the best 3 that had more votes among the panel is shortlisted as the Final 3.
so the entries that [...]
So we have come to the next round of 5 short listed candidates. Out of this 5 entries, our GingerChai panel will select the final 3.
And the short listed candidates are…
Gayatri – FTS 1
Crocodiel – FTS 8
Evancethoughts – FTS 9
Harry Callahan – FTS 11
Nikil Ketan – FTS 12
Congratulations contestants! (the names [...]
Hi, now that the first round of voting comes to an end on March 5. You can publish your respective entries along with the entire story in your blog. Those who don’t have a blog, there entries will be published in Cafe Gingerchai under their name.
For bloggers, when you post your entry do add at [...]
Couple of self votes has been deleted.
A non-contestant’s voting has been deleted.
Email vote received has been updated.
I request all the contestants to vote , you might be aware that every contestant can vote for maximum 3 entries.
Incase you want to modify your votes or if you have entered less than 3 votes and want to [...]
Dear Contestants,
As you know voting is under progress. The poll can be used only once and then it gets disabled.
So incase , you want to alter your votes or if you have casted only one vote and need to cast the remaining two votes, you can mail us your final votes to sip@gingerchai.com
Do mention your cafe identity [...]
Dear readers,
Finish the Story contest is a tough nut contest and when we launched it we knew it but still dared to experiment with it. We are happy to have 12 participants who squeezed, scratched and played with their brains and happily entered GingerChai’s first contest. Best wishes to all the 12 participants.
We have published [...]
She caught his smile and beamed back.
‘Did you get it? Really? Oh, thank you darling!’, she hugged him clumsily, and grabbed the package to rip it apart.
The cold, dull yellow metal fell into her sweaty palms. ‘Oh beautiful! Divine..’ she cooed, trying the ruby necklace on herself, and glancing at the mirror. ‘Don’t I look gorgeous?’
“I was not feeling well after dinner, so I decided to take a walk.”, he said immediately wondering about his ability to lie spontaneously at the same time.
“What’s in your hand?”
Ranjan fumbled and asked “Hmm… What?”
“I SAID WHAT IS IN YOUR HAND? Where’s your mind?”
