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CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025: Submission of stories, Evaluation and Publication

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Mallika ThaledderUpdated on 20 Feb 2025, 05:58 PM IST

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts a series of activities for its students through the CBSE Reading Mission. One of the activities under the CBSE Reading Mission is the CBSE Budding Authors Program 2025. The CBSE budding authors programme aims to ignite the creative spark within its students by encouraging them to explore the art of storytelling. Students can feel free to write any short story expressing their imagination and ideas and submit it under this programme. The board offers students the chance to see their stories get published and the opportunity to meet renowned storywriters for children.

This Story also Contains

  1. CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025 Highlights
  2. Steps of CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025
  3. Story Cues for Writing Stories
  4. Terms and Conditions for Participating in CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025

CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025 Highlights

Students participating in the CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025 can feel free to write their stories in Hindi or English. Check out the overview of the CBSE budding authors programme below.

CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025 Overview

Category

Classes

Words

1

Class 5-6

500 to 600 words

2

Class 7-8

600 to 900 words

3

Class 9-10

1000 to 1500 words

Steps of CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025

There are some steps that will be followed during the CBSE budding authors programme 2025. Firstly students will have to register, which will be done by their respective schools, and then an online workshop will be held to guide the students with story writing after which students can write and submit their stories on the CBSE academic online portal. Lastly, selected stories will be published by the board as a collection of short stories. Below, we have provided a detailed explanation of the following steps for better understanding.

Registration:

  • Schools must register their students for the CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025 through the official website of the CBSE academic board, cbseacademic.nic.in. The registration was open from April 5 to May 15, 2024.

  • Schools must nominate a teacher as a nodal officer for registering students. There are no limits on the number of registrations from each school.

  • The board will provide a unique login ID and password for each student at the time of registration. The list of registered students will be made available to the schools through the official website as the final registration list.

  • Schools must keep a record of the IDs and passwords provided by the board at the time of registration.

Online Workshops

  • The CBSE board organized a webinar by experts through Webes from June 1 to June 30, 2024 on the “Techniques of Writing” for registered students.

  • The link and schedule for the online workshop will be shared on the email ID mentioned on the registration.

  • Students can develop their stories during summer vacations.

Submission of Stories

  • Students can submit their stories through the CBSE academic website link under the “CBSE Reading Mission” from July 1, 2024. The last date for submission is August 15, 2024.

  • The school will share the unique ID and password with the registered students. They can use it as login credentials for writing and submitting their stories on the technology platform.

  • Once the final stories are e-published, students participating in the CBSE budding authors programme will receive an online certificate of participation.

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Evaluation and Publication

  • The entries submitted by the students in the Second Phase will be evaluated by a panel of experts.

  • The board will provide editorial support to finalize the shortlisted stories of each category.

  • Best entries selected at the national level will be e-published by the CBSE board as a collection of short stories for each category.

Story Cues for Writing Stories

Students must write stories using their imagination and creative minds. They can write about anything and express themselves through their stories. Below, we have provided some story cues and elements to help them come up with different stories. They can use these examples as a reference to come up with their own plot and stories.

For Class 5-6

Theme

Story Cues

Hero Story Element

Adventure

An alien ship lands in school during the maths period.

Plot

The school garden is being raided by someone who leaves behind square footprints. Investigate.

Characters and Problem

On a trek, a mysterious sound leads one of you away. What do you do next

Plot and Setting

Love (for pets, for nature, for your school, for yourself)

Monkeys appear in the lockdown in a building society.

Problem

Someone is regularly bullying animalsin school. A gang of kids stand up to them

Problem, Character

A baby gets stuck in a locked house.Design a rescue scenario.

Problem, Setting

For Class 7-8

Themes

Story Cues

Hero Story Element

When I… (A theme that makes you fantasize or imagine about a certain point in time)

When I found ancient treasure buried in my school playground.

Plot, Problem, Solution

Weird and Whacky (All things out of the ordinary

A strange island forms in your bathroom. What can be done?

Character, Problem, Solution

Kindness

A poacher who has a change of heart and devotes their life to helping animals.

Character

Self-confidence

Someone who always loses races but participates in them again and again

Character (traits)

For Class 9-10

Themes

Story Cues

Hero Story Element

War and Peace

How a town rebuilds itself after war

Characters, Plot, Problem, Solution

Fantasy (All things out of the ordinary)

You are at a Coin Show when you meet a coin dealer who specializes in collecting mythical currencies.

Character (appearance, traits, attitudes)

The (not so distant) Future

You see a cake in a photo, and can suddenly taste it. Is this a dream, or technology?

Plot

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Terms and Conditions for Participating in CBSE Budding Authors Programme 2025

  • Students must write an original story. They can write in Hindi or English, depending on their comfort level.

  • A plagiarism check and Principal recommendation will be taken before the winners are announced.

  • Students can submit their stories on all themes (all styles, genres and types of writing.

  • No participation fee will taken from the students.

  • Submissions will be judged on literary merit, originality and readability.

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