2nd Rainbow Awards
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{{Infobox award
| awardname = 2nd Rainbow Awards
| website = {{URL|http://therainbowawards.in/}}
| awarded_for =
| presenter = Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation
| image = 2nd Rainbow Awards.png
| country = India
| firstawarded =
| eligibility =
| venue = Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi
| date = {{start date|2024|12|}}
| main = Rainbow Awards
| previous = 1st
| next = 3rd
}}The 2nd Rainbow Awards ceremony is to be held at Rainbow Lit Fest, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi in December 2024. It intends to celebrate the work published between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024.{{Cite news |date=22 May 2024 |title=Festivals and awards that celebrate queer culture across India |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/festivals-and-awards-that-celebrate-queer-culture-across-india/the-rainbow-awards-for-literature-and-journalism/slideshow/110334315.cms |work=The Economic Times}}{{Cite web |title=The Rainbow Awards |url=http://therainbowawards.in/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614002604/http://therainbowawards.in/ |archive-date=14 June 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The Rainbow Awards}}
Jury
The nine-member jury, composed of the following members will evaluate the submissions and decide on the award winners.
- Parvati Sharma, writer
- Poonam Saxena, journalist, writer and translator
- Niladri R. Chatterjee: Professor
- Dhamini Ratnam, journalist and editor
- Ashlin Mathew, journalist
- Aroh Akunth, founder of Dalit Queer Project
- Sindhu Rajasekaran, author, filmmaker and academic
- Sayantan Datta, journalist and Assistant Professor
Winners and nominees
= Literature =
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:45em;"| {{Award category|#eedd82|Fiction of the Year}} TBA | style="vertical-align:top; width:45em;"| {{Award category|#eedd82|Non-fiction of the Year}} |
= Journalism =
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:45em;"| {{Award category|#eedd82|Feature of the Year}} TBA | style="vertical-align:top; width:45em;"| {{Award category|#eedd82|Op-Ed of the Year}} TBA |
See also
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