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July 21, 2026

Sihinayata Piyapath 2026 – Applications Extended to 16 August

Sihinayata Piyapath 2026 programme for emerging young writers in Sri Lanka


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National Literary Programme 2026

සිහිනයට පියාපත් 2026

கனவுகளுக்கான சிறகுகள் 2026

Wings for Dreams 2026

📅 Extended Closing Date: 16 August 2026
📚 Full government sponsorship is offered to publish the first literary works of emerging young writers in Sri Lanka.

🇬🇧 English Details

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is implementing the national programme “Sihinayata Piyapath – 2026” to encourage the creative literary talents of Sri Lankan youth and remove the financial barriers they face when publishing their first original work.

Original works may be submitted in Sinhala or Tamil. A professional panel will select five outstanding works from each language in each category, making a total of 30 selected works. These works will be printed and published using Ministry funds.

📘 NovelsSinhala 5 + Tamil 5500 copies of each selected work
📗 Short StoriesSinhala 5 + Tamil 5250 copies of each selected work
📕 PoetrySinhala 5 + Tamil 5250 copies of each selected work

Basic eligibility

  1. Applicants must be between 15 and 35 years of age on the closing date.
  2. Applicants must be emerging writers who have not previously published a literary work or book.
  3. The work must be the applicant’s own independent creation. Translations, copied work and content produced using artificial intelligence are not accepted.

Page limits – A5 size

CategoryPage limit
Novel120–300 pages
Short-story collection80–200 pages
Poetry collection50–120 pages

Copyright and submission

The Ministry and the writer will share copyright for three years from the publication date. After three years, full ownership and the right to reprint independently will belong to the writer.

Submit the completed application with three hard copies of the work, handwritten or computer-typeset according to the official language instructions, by registered post or by hand on or before 16 August 2026.

🇱🇰 සිංහල විස්තර

ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය තරුණ පරපුරේ නිර්මාණශීලී සාහිත්‍යමය කුසලතා දිරිමත් කිරීම සහ ඔවුන්ගේ කුලුඳුල් ස්වතන්ත්‍ර නිර්මාණය එළිදැක්වීමේ මූල්‍ය බාධක ඉවත් කිරීම අරමුණු කරගනිමින් තරුණ කටයුතු හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය විසින් “සිහිනයට පියාපත් – 2026” ජාතික වැඩසටහන ක්‍රියාත්මක කරයි.

සිංහල හා දෙමළ භාෂාවලින් නිර්මාණ ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැකිය. එක් එක් භාෂාවෙන් එක් එක් අංශයට විශිෂ්ට කෘති 05 බැගින්, සමස්ත කෘති 30ක් තෝරා අමාත්‍යාංශ ප්‍රතිපාදන මඟින් මුද්‍රණය කර ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කෙරේ.

📘 නවකතාසිංහල 05 / දෙමළ 05එක් කෘතියකින් පිටපත් 500
📗 කෙටිකතා සංග්‍රහසිංහල 05 / දෙමළ 05එක් කෘතියකින් පිටපත් 250
📕 කාව්‍ය සංග්‍රහසිංහල 05 / දෙමළ 05එක් කෘතියකින් පිටපත් 250

මූලික සුදුසුකම්

  1. අයදුම්පත් භාරගන්නා අවසන් දිනට වයස අවුරුදු 15–35 අතර වීම.
  2. මීට පෙර කිසිදු සාහිත්‍ය කෘතියක් හෝ පොතක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් නොකළ නවක ලේඛකයෙකු/ලේඛිකාවක වීම.
  3. තමන්ගේම ස්වතන්ත්‍ර නිර්මාණයක් විය යුතු අතර පරිවර්තන, පිටපත් කිරීම් හෝ කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධිය භාවිතයෙන් සකස් කළ නිර්මාණ පිළිගනු නොලැබේ.

A5 ප්‍රමාණයේ පිටු සීමාව

අංශයපිටු සීමාව
නවකතා120–300
කෙටිකතා සංග්‍රහ80–200
පද්‍ය සංග්‍රහ50–120

කෘතිය ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කළ දින සිට වසර 03ක් අමාත්‍යාංශය සහ ලේඛකයා අතර සම කර්තෘ අයිතිය පවතී. ඉන් පසු සම්පූර්ණ අයිතිය සහ නැවත මුද්‍රණ අයිතිය ලේඛකයාට හිමි වේ.

සම්පූර්ණ කරන ලද අයදුම්පත සමඟ නිර්මාණයේ දෘඩ පිටපත් 03ක් 2026 අගෝස්තු 16 දිනට හෝ ඊට පෙර ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් හෝ ගෙනැවිත් භාර දෙන්න. පරිගණක අකුරු සැකසුම සඳහා Font Size 11 සහ ඉස්කෝල පොත හෝ ලතා අක්ෂර භාවිත කළ හැකිය.

🇱🇰 தமிழ் விபரங்கள்

இலங்கை இளைஞர்களின் படைப்பாற்றல் மிக்க இலக்கியத் திறமைகளை ஊக்குவிக்கவும், அவர்களின் முதலாவது அசல் படைப்பை வெளியிடுவதிலுள்ள நிதித் தடைகளை அகற்றவும் இளைஞர் விவகாரங்கள் மற்றும் விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சு “கனவுகளுக்கான சிறகுகள் – 2026” தேசிய திட்டத்தைச் செயற்படுத்துகிறது.

சிங்களம் மற்றும் தமிழ் ஆகிய இரு மொழிகளிலும் படைப்புகளைச் சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம். ஒவ்வொரு மொழியிலும் ஒவ்வொரு பிரிவிலிருந்தும் சிறந்த 05 படைப்புகள் வீதம் மொத்தம் 30 படைப்புகள் தெரிவுசெய்யப்பட்டு அமைச்சின் நிதியுதவியுடன் அச்சிட்டு வெளியிடப்படும்.

📘 நாவல்கள்சிங்களம் 05 / தமிழ் 05ஒவ்வொரு படைப்பிலும் 500 பிரதிகள்
📗 சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்புகள்சிங்களம் 05 / தமிழ் 05ஒவ்வொரு படைப்பிலும் 250 பிரதிகள்
📕 கவிதைத் தொகுப்புகள்சிங்களம் 05 / தமிழ் 05ஒவ்வொரு படைப்பிலும் 250 பிரதிகள்

அடிப்படைத் தகுதிகள்

  1. விண்ணப்ப முடிவுத் திகதியில் 15–35 வயதுக்கு இடைப்பட்டவராக இருத்தல்.
  2. இதற்கு முன் எந்த இலக்கியப் படைப்பையோ புத்தகத்தையோ வெளியிடாத புதிய எழுத்தாளராக இருத்தல்.
  3. படைப்பு சொந்தமான சுயாதீனப் படைப்பாக இருக்க வேண்டும். மொழிபெயர்ப்புகள், படியெடுத்த படைப்புகள் மற்றும் செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவைப் பயன்படுத்தி உருவாக்கப்பட்ட படைப்புகள் ஏற்கப்படமாட்டாது.

A5 அளவிலான பக்க வரம்பு

பிரிவுபக்கங்கள்
நாவல்கள்120–300
சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்புகள்80–200
கவிதைத் தொகுப்புகள்50–120

படைப்பு வெளியிடப்பட்ட நாளிலிருந்து 03 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு அமைச்சுக்கும் எழுத்தாளருக்கும் இணை ஆக்க உரிமை இருக்கும். அதன் பின்னர் முழு உரிமையும் தனிப்பட்ட மறுபதிப்பு உரிமையும் எழுத்தாளருக்குக் கிடைக்கும்.

பூர்த்தி செய்யப்பட்ட விண்ணப்பத்துடன் படைப்பின் 03 அச்சுப் பிரதிகளை, கையால் எழுதப்பட்டதாகவோ அல்லது கணினியில் Font Size 11, Baamini எழுத்துருவில் தட்டச்சு செய்யப்பட்டதாகவோ, 2026 ஆகஸ்ட் 16 அல்லது அதற்கு முன் பதிவுத் தபால் மூலம் அல்லது நேரில் சமர்ப்பிக்கவும்.

📮 Submission Address / ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමේ ලිපිනය / சமர்ப்பிக்கும் முகவரி

Youth Affairs Division / තරුණ කටයුතු අංශය / இளைஞர் விவகாரப் பிரிவு
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
No. 09, Philip Gunawardena Mawatha, Colombo 07.

☎️ 011 268 8108 (Office hours)
✉️ info@moys.gov.lk
🌐 www.moys.gov.lk

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⚠️ Closing Date / අවසන් දිනය / இறுதித் திகதி: 16.08.2026

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May 06, 2026

Authors’ Aid Project 2026 – Book Purchasing Applications | Department of Cultural Affairs

Authors Aid Project 2026 Book Purchasing Applications Department of Cultural Affairs Sri Lanka


Authors’ Aid Project 2026

Department of Cultural Affairs

Purchasing of Books Printed in 2025

ලේඛක ආධාර ව්‍යාපෘතිය 2026

எழுத்தாளர் உதவித் திட்டம் 2026

Closing Date: 10 June 2026

Introduction

The Department of Cultural Affairs has called applications for the Authors’ Aid Project 2026. Under this project, books printed in 2025 will be reviewed and selected books will be purchased with the objective of encouraging writers in Sri Lanka. Applications should be submitted with the required copies of the book before the closing date.

Eligible Book Categories

  • Novels
  • Youth Literature
  • Short Stories
  • Children’s Literature
  • Poetry
  • Religious Books
  • Folklore, Music, Dancing, Drama
  • Cinema, Photography, Drawing
  • Mass Media / Communication
  • Academic & Research Works
  • History, Translations and other subjects

Main Eligibility Conditions

  • Books must be printed between 01 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
  • Books should be the first edition in 2025.
  • Books can be in Sinhala, Tamil or English.
  • One author may submit two books, but aid will be granted only for one selected book.
  • Three copies of the book must be submitted for review.

Not Eligible

  • Examination text books
  • Question and answer books
  • Children’s workbooks
  • Articles
  • Quarterly magazines / quarterly publications
  • Books not meeting required printing and quality standards

Book Purchase Value

  • Children’s literature and poetry collections: up to Rs. 25,000
  • Other subject books: up to Rs. 50,000
  • Books will be purchased with a 20% discount from the book price.

How to Submit Applications

Applications should be sent by registered post or handed over to the Department of Cultural Affairs on working days from 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Address:
Director,
Department of Cultural Affairs,
Literature and Publication Division,
8th Floor, Sethsiripaya,
Battaramulla.

Write “Authors’ Aid Project – 2026” clearly on the top left-hand corner of the envelope.

Important Details

  • Circular No: 04/2026
  • Department: Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Project: Authors’ Aid Project 2026
  • Closing Date: 10 June 2026
  • Contact: 011 4321095
  • Official Website: www.culturaldept.gov.lk

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