Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Jan 6: Kavita Trust which works for the promotion and popularization of Konkani poetry, has announced the results of the late Charles and Theresa Rodrigues memorial second All India Konkani Poetry Competition for Students. 

All the three prizes have been won by the students hailing from Goa.  While Yuga Adarkar, an eighth grade student of the People's High School has won the first prize of Rs 2000 and a certificate for her poem `Deva Mhaka Mozot Kor', Efenzy Fernandes, a seventh grade student of Fatima Convent High School has won the second prize of Rs 1000 and a certificate, while Gayatri M Naik, a ninth grader of the same school has been declared the second runner up,  thereby becoming eligible for a prize of Rs 750  in cash and a certificate.

Yuga Adarkar, Efenzy Fernandes, Gayatri M Naik

A total of 256 students took part in this competition from various states. All the participating students will be given a certificate each by the Kavita Trust.

The winners will be given the prizes during Kavita Fest - 2009, which will be held at Shanti Kiran, Bajjodi near Nanthoor on Saturday January 10.

Vinitha Naik from Goa was the winner of this competition last year, and she will be taking part in this year's multi-lingual poetry session being held on the occasion of Kavita Fest this year.