Unisun
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Unisun Publications is a Bangalore based publication house. It is a division of Unisun Technologies [P] Ltd. It came into being in June 2004. It was founded by Annie Chandy Mathew, who taught English Literature at Mount Carmel College (Bangalore) for 22 years, and her husband P. Chandy Mathew, an IIT Madras and IIM-A alumnus.
The editorial panel currently includes Mary Mathew, former Head of Department, English, Mount Carmel College(Bangalore), Suryakumari Dennison, freelance writer, Department of English, Bishop Cottons(Bangalore), and Gayatri Rao of Lumbini. The publishing house also has a panel of patrons that include former chief secretary Teresa Bhattacharya, theatre personalities Arundhati Raja and Mahesh Dattani.
It has published books of various genres such as short story, travelogue, poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction, stories for children and educational books. It also organizes the Unisun Creative Writing Competition (in association with the British Council) every year since 2004.
[edit] Past Winners of Unisun Creative Writing Competition
| Year | Section | Prize | Winner | Title of work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SHORT STORY | First | Ashwini Gowariker | The Obituary |
| Second | S. Narayan | Gandhigiri In Ladysmith, Circa 1899 | ||
| Third | Anjana Nayar | The Girl In The Window | ||
| Malathi Ramachandran | Going Home Babulal | |||
| Prachi Bhuchar | Clash Of Civilisations | |||
| CHILDREN'S FICTION | First | Rajee Raman | The Very Special Frog | |
| Second | Jahnavi Barua | The Boy Who Lost His Voice | ||
| POETRY | First | K. Srilata | What Father Left Us | |
| Second | Payal Talreja | Folly | ||
| Third | Jobin Mathew | A Choice | ||
| Minal Sarosh | Maharaja’s Palace | |||
| Salil Chaturvedi | Sometimes, Doesn’t a Does Do? | |||
| 2005 | SHORT STORY | First | Jahnavi Barua | Magic spell |
| Second | Malathi Ramachandran | The Summer of Paati’s Destiny | ||
| Third | Kavita Mandana | Lessons in Manhood | ||
| TRAVELOUGES | First | --Withheld-- | ||
| Second | Paramita Sen | The PCH, Now and Then | ||
| Third | Deepa A | Memories for Another Day | ||
| POETRY | First | Daksha Hathi | Bougainvilla Cottagers | |
| Second | Anupama Raju | Sounds of Past | ||
| Third | Asheema Naghnoor | My Calling | ||
| Abraham Tharakan | Transit | |||
| Daksha Hathi | Hollyhock Hampers | |||
| Sudipta Chatterjee | Regeneration | |||
