Nine Dots Prize 2019: winner Annie Zaidi
Indian writer Annie Zaidi was announced as the winner of Nine Dots Prize 2019.
About The Nine Dots Prize
- The name of this global book prize is in reference to the ‘nine dots puzzle’ which is a lateral thinking puzzle that can only be solved by thinking outside the box.
- Objective: to promote, engage and encourage innovative thinking so as to address problems facing modern world. The prestigious book prize is awarded for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues.
- Selection Criteria: Entrants are asked to answer the given question in 3,000 words.
- Eligiblility: All entrants with minimum 18 years of age and over are welcome to enter but responses and resulting book must be in English.
- Cash Prize: The winner receives US$100,000 to write a short book expanding on their ideas. The Prize is sponsored by the Kadas Prize Foundation with support from the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Press.
About Annie Zaidi
- She is a Mumbai-based freelance writer.
- She won Nine Dots Prize for her entry titled ‘Bread, Cement, Cactus’. It was a combining memoir and reportage which explores concepts of home and the belonging rooted in her experience of contemporary life in India.
