<p>The winners of the sixth edition of the annual Sunday Herald Short Story Competition, on Friday, received their trophies from Deccan Herald Editor K N Tilak Kumar.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Srikanth R Rao, project manager, bagged the first prize; Sagar Agarwal, a Class XII student at Delhi Public School, Bangalore South, the second, and freelance writer Deepa Sunder, the third prize.<br /><br />The winners were picked from among 750 entries that were received for the competition.<br />The jury comprised author Usha K R, writers Shiela Kumar and Vikram Sampath. <br /><br />Receiving the award, an ecstatic Srikanth said, “I am extremely flattered. I honestly was not expecting to win. I sent my story because my wife and son asked me to and it came as a surprise that I won the first prize. The award makes me want to continue writing.”<br /><br />Thanking the judges for picking his story, Agarwal said the award came as a complete shock to him.<br /><br />“I was getting bored during my summer vacation after a lot of studying and that is when I wrote my story. I am really thankful to the judges for picking it.”<br /><br />Deepa Sunder said she was doubtful, too, like others, about winning a prize. “The recognition gives writers like me immense confidence to pursue it further.”<br /><br />According to Shiela Kumar, while some stories were personal confessions, others were narratives. “We picked the ones that were a blend of both.”<br /><br /></p>
<p>The winners of the sixth edition of the annual Sunday Herald Short Story Competition, on Friday, received their trophies from Deccan Herald Editor K N Tilak Kumar.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Srikanth R Rao, project manager, bagged the first prize; Sagar Agarwal, a Class XII student at Delhi Public School, Bangalore South, the second, and freelance writer Deepa Sunder, the third prize.<br /><br />The winners were picked from among 750 entries that were received for the competition.<br />The jury comprised author Usha K R, writers Shiela Kumar and Vikram Sampath. <br /><br />Receiving the award, an ecstatic Srikanth said, “I am extremely flattered. I honestly was not expecting to win. I sent my story because my wife and son asked me to and it came as a surprise that I won the first prize. The award makes me want to continue writing.”<br /><br />Thanking the judges for picking his story, Agarwal said the award came as a complete shock to him.<br /><br />“I was getting bored during my summer vacation after a lot of studying and that is when I wrote my story. I am really thankful to the judges for picking it.”<br /><br />Deepa Sunder said she was doubtful, too, like others, about winning a prize. “The recognition gives writers like me immense confidence to pursue it further.”<br /><br />According to Shiela Kumar, while some stories were personal confessions, others were narratives. “We picked the ones that were a blend of both.”<br /><br /></p>