Thanks for your interest in Dhvani. People who wish to contribute are welcome. Please follow the given points before sending us the final draft.

Do mail us at least one of your best written article of about 500-700 words, (published or unpublished). Please fill this form and mail us the completed form at cv@dhvani.co.in.

Download Word attachment.

You can choose upto 5 and at least 2 topics to be submitted within the year, from the topics given below and send us a brief regarding how you are planning to go about it in atleast 5 lines or more.

Once the themes are discussed with the editor, and you get a nod, you mail us a WORD attachment complete with these details 1) Your complete name 2) Email ID and phone number 3) The brief and, 4) The deadline .

Say you have chosen for the theme 'Children's Literature' for June, you send the first draft by May 20th.

Send your files only as a Word document with Times New Roman font, size 12, single-spaced. And we insist that however confident you might be about your grammatical skills and spellings, do run a spelling and grammar check with English (UK) as your default language, before you send the final draft. Please send appropriate images in jpeg or gif format if possible. Always keep coming to the Contributions page for reference and updates.

If your article is chosen for publishing you'll be notified about the same via email. No enquiry regarding the status of the article will be entertained.

Softboard

The 'features' or Editorial section of Dhvani. Let's begin by saying Dhvani is an anti-blog. But by that we do not mean that you get into writing reproduced copy-pasted literary theories from popular criticism books, that is so not the intention. The article essentially should be a new perspective on any topic and should certainly be exploited to show your maximum creativity. The write-up (word limit 500-700) could be an analytical piece on any concept (humour, mythology, comparing other literary traditions, non-commercial Hindi cinema, genres in writing, meaning you can write about any topic under the ‘literary’ sun). Hence do use the freedom to show how deservedly well you can use the poetic licence.

Opinion expressed on Softboard is entirely that of the writer and not of the publication. The copyright to all articles published with bylines lies with the writer.

CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOFTBOARD WILL REMAIN ON THE SITE FOR A MONTH.

·Authenticity of these articles is entirely the contributor’s responsibility. The copyright lies with the writer but we insist that you inform us before republishing the article or add the Dhvani link with the article.
· No high-school essays please.
· Avoid Hinglish, unless that’s your topic.

Softboard Topics 2009

Unlike 2008, this year we are going easy on themes part, we are giving a general outline regarding the topics, and you can choose any of those for any month. You are welcome to suggest more themes.

Regional Writing: Considering the diversity of our regional literature, you can send us an article on any Indian language and its dialects.

Our Author

It could be an interview, book reviews, on an Indian (English) writer.
Only in exceptional cases, the writer could be a non-Indian (as complex as the term is).

Will I get paid?
Whether the payments will be made and the amount will be confirmed in the discussion and an email before the contribution is made. Remuneration can vary from person to person and will depend entirely on the merit of the article. The authority on the amount and the go-ahead for the article is that of the editor.

Research: The site is currently expanding and the intention is to include other art forms like theatre, films, music and painting. Anyone willing to contribute on the research in these sections will be paid depending on the topic and how extensive the research turns up.

Interviews: If you can bag an interview with the literary luminaries. You will be required to submit us the recorded interview as a Media Player File, WMV, or Winamp file (not as an amr extension file,) preferably via email or snail mail. No shorthand copies

We are building our editorial team from our handpicked contributors. The essential attributes to qualify into the editorial team requires you to be proactive, very creative and it also depends on how clean (in terms of grammar, arrangement of ideas and eloquence,) your copy comes to us every time.

NEWS REPORTERS, ANIMATION EXPERTS, WEB DESIGNERS AND PEOPLE FROM THE FILM FRATERNITY:

Thank you your interest in Dhvani. If you haven't found anything interesting in the above mentioned projects, do not lose heart. We have your CV saved in our database. We are a growing organisation and when the right projects come by we will definitely get in touch with you.

For any contributions or queries please mail us at cv@dhvani.co.in