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KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Publication Nepalaya is set to publish the works of 75 writers under the age of 25 including 25 storytellers, 25 poets and 25 essayists, selected through a global open call.
Nepalaya launched the call on January 1, 2025, under the theme “25×25 in 2025,” and received over 600 submissions from writers born after January 1, 2000.
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A three-member jury—poet Shrawan Mukarung, novelist Narayan Wagle, and writer Bhushita Vasistha—selected the final works. Wagle said the new generation’s stories demonstrate originality, strong craft and contemporary social awareness. Mukarung said the poets engage powerfully with both personal experiences and the realities of their time.
Vasistha said the selected essays reflect literary confidence, diverse themes, and evolving styles. Nepalaya will publish all selected works in their original languages, in line with its open-language policy.
Nepalaya team leader Kiran Krishna Shrestha said the initiative aims to capture how the new generation thinks and expresses itself creatively. Marking 20 years since the publication of Palpasa Cafe, he said Nepalaya hopes to introduce readers to fresh literary voices of the 21st century. He added that around 40 percent of the selected writers are women.
Nepalaya will publish the selected works in three genre-specific books.
