Literary Arts Cup
Literary Arts Cup comprises multiple prose, poetry and word/speaking events: Hindi Story Writing, English Story Writing, Hindi Poetry Writing, English Poetry Writing, Cryptic Crossword and Scrabble. Events include both individual and group formats.
A prompt-based Individual Event where participants write a short story of 1000-2000 words in Hindi on the spot.
Teams per IIT: max 2 Duration: 4 hours Specific Rules:
- Entries must have a title (Penalty: -5 pts).
- Word limit 2000 words. Penalties apply for exceeding.
- Written in Devanagari Script.
A prompt-based Individual Event where participants write a short story of 1000-2000 words in English on the spot.
Teams per IIT: max 2 Duration: 4 hours Specific Rules:
- Entries must have a title (Penalty: -5 pts).
- Word limit 2000 words. Penalties apply for exceeding.
- Written in Roman/Latin Script.
A prompt-based Individual Event where participants write a poetry piece of 100-250 words in Hindi on the spot.
Teams per IIT: max 2 Duration: 2 hours Specific Rules:
- Word limit 250 words. Penalties apply for exceeding.
- Written in Devanagari Script.
A prompt-based Individual Event where participants write a poetry piece of 100-250 words in English on the spot.
Teams per IIT: max 2 Duration: 2 hours Specific Rules:
- Word limit 250 words. Penalties apply for exceeding.
- Written in Roman/Latin Script.
Decipher clues in a standard cryptic crossword grid. Top 8 teams proceed to finals (bounce/pounce + written).
Teams per IIT: max 4 (Group Event) Duration: 1 hr prelims, 2 hrs finals Specific Rules:
- More than two teams from the same IIT shall not advance to the finals.
A tournament on physical Scrabble Boards following WESPA 5.1 Rules.
Participants per IIT: 2 (Individual Event) Duration: 44 minutes per game Reference: Collins Dictionary (CSW24).