IFP's Award Winning Poetries, Spoken Words & Mono Acts

Winning Stories

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Told a story to win hearts and trophy!

Some stories win heart, some break it. More than 2,500 storytellers participate each year to grab IFP's trophy.

Hear winning stories which will make you laugh, cry, miss someone and maybe even pinch you deep within.

Season 14

Category - Spoken Word
Theme - I Built My Own World

I am From The Land of Battles

Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Garima, Delhi, India

I Am The King Of..My World!

Gold Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Rachana Patil, Mumbai, India

Ek Tha Unicorn

Silver Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Khushboo Shah, Vadodara, India

Category - Poetry
Theme - The niverse That Looks Upon Me

We'll fool the Universe

Platinum Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Sanskar Bajaj, Khamgaon, India

Mosaic

Gold Poetry Of The Year
Poet - C. Kavya Sajeev, Noida, India

Heavenly Body

Silver Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Himangini Puri, Mumbai, India

Category - Mono Act
Theme - A Birthday Wish For Someone Who Is No More

To The Man Who Once Killed Me

Platinum Poetry Of The Year
Performer - Meha Kapoor, Mumbai, India

Khatkhatana

Gold Poetry Of The Year
Performer - Japjot Singh Malhotra, Bengaluru, India

My Child Taught Me to Love Unconditionally

Silver Poetry Of The Year
Performer - Chethana Ramesh Srivatsa, Bengaluru, India

Season 13

Theme - What If? Why Not?

Category - Spoken Word

But who is loving me?

Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Nikita Karamchandani, Nashik, India

Tell Your Story

Gold Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Ashutosh Kapoor, Mumbai, India

Swahaa. Swahaa. Swahaa.

Silver Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Arti Jain, Doha, India

A Case On Combating Inhumanity

Bronze Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Paridhi Kalotara Aggarwal, Chandigarh, India

Living My Imperfect Life Perfectly

#5 Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Farida Rizwan, Bangalore, India

Theme - Trip to the Moon

Category - Poetry

Touchdown 2037

Platinum Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Amruta Ponkshe, Mumbai, India

Women in STEM

Gold Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Kusum V. Moray, Solapur, India

DARLING, OH, DARLING

Silver Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Akshara Nair, Delhi, India

The Countdown Of My Life

Bronze Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Aditi Ojha, Aurangabad, India

Chaand Ki Baatein

#5 Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Atul Kumar Verma, Pune, India

Season 12

Category - Poetry

Sauvi Kaali Raat Ka Lamha

Platinum Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Prashant Beybaar

Synopsis - Sauvi Kaali Raat Ka Lamha' expresses the agony of a young boy who is witnessing the war. On the hundredth night of the war, there comes a moment when he breaks down, he remembers his dead parents and expresses how this war has changed his life, however he is hopeful that one day everything will be alright, by singing the last two lines of his departed mother.

Nishchay

Gold Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Nayan joshi

Synopsis - it is the dilemma I was facing when I had to choose either music or acting as my career and not only that but if I choose acting as my career then how would I convince my family as first I have chosen music to make my career in, but I did not make it and now I want to jump on another thing which is equally difficult and uncertain to make a career in. And then I decided to face it rather than regretting for a lifetime.

Kuch Nahi

Silver Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Rehan raza

Synopsis - Kuch nahi ek aesa lafz hai jiske piche baton ka samandar hota hai, is lafz ka meri zindagi par bahut asar hai aur wahi mene kavita k zariye bayaa'n kiya hai.

Not Along Ago, It Was Still Spring

Gold Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Kusum V Moray

Synopsis - ‘Not long ago, it was still spring’ describes the poetess’s experience with miscarriage- a common, unspoken and painful occurrence for women. The poetess’s initial excitement and happiness regarding her pregnancy, that she shares with her partner, crashes in an unexpected moment (‘that moment’) when the black and white ultrasound scan image tells them that their unborn baby has no heartbeat.

Wo Raat

Silver Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Hardeep Singh Sethi

Synopsis - This poem is about that one memorable night when love ruled supreme. An unforgettable night of love and desire - highlighted with the help of the contrast in the circumstances outside and the passion inside. A night that changed their relationship forever.

Insaan

Bronze Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Amit Jaiswal Niam

Synopsis - The story is in the form of poetry so I called it POSTRY, however I am submitting it in poetry Section. It is about social harmony and story of two children's who mistakenly exchanged at the time of birth.

A Flame, Borrowed

#5 Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Pritha Jain

Synopsis - A piece about how closely the themes of fear and betrayal are intertwined with girlhood today.

Category - Spoken Word

घर (Home)

Platinum Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Shivesh Kumar

Synopsis - A Boy Lost his home when his Parents send him hostel in 6th Std and Now he is still trying find a Home in this Big City.

Dilli To Mumbai

Gold Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Parth Vasani

Synopsis - That moment when I realised that is meant for a common man should reach the common man in a way he/she understands

Don't Throw The Trash Away

Gold Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Deon Demamount

Synopsis - A story of a catterpillar who met with a choice.

Aao Khwaab Dekhte Hain

Silver Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Adarsh Kumar

Synopsis - Stranded in my own dilemma I met a beaming light of hope that led to a revelation.

The Moment I Realized What A Dream Looks Like

Bronze Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Puneet Bajaj

Synopsis - When you hear only a few things said to you repeatedly, you'd imagine yourself to fully know what they mean. This story is about how that isn't the case always. And sometimes, it takes many moments that lead up to one moment which gives you clarity of the meaning.

Wo Lamha Kaha Hai?

#5 Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Pallavi Gurbani

Synopsis - We often think that there will come a moment that will change our lives and that will change us, but that moment has never occoured to me in this spoken word i talk about how its not the moment its our internal strength that help us change our lives.

Season 11

Theme - They say I am different

Category - Poetry

Rulebook

Platinum Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Ananya Sahoo, Hyderabad, India

Synopsis - A piece about society's strict rules about how to grieve and how I defied them

Maria

Gold Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Krutika Zumbra

Synopsis - The piece is from the point of view of Marie Curie who tackles the central theme of how she is an anomaly– or is she an anomaly?

Main Ek Achha Khwaab Hoon

Silver Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Pooja Khanolkar, Sindhudurga, India

Synopsis - This poem is the manifestation of eternal soul of the human who always think positive and good for the mankind.

I Don't Mind being Different

Bronze Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Disha Mod, Udaipur, India

Synopsis - This poem is written from the perspective of sex education and how it is treated differently in India.

Maa Kehti hai, Main sab jaisa hoon

#5 Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Sulbha Aneja, Mumbai, India

Synopsis - Protagonist who narrates is a 20 year old boy who is struggling to explain the world that he is not that different after all. He has his mum and his self-belief by his side, to face anything and anyone in the world.

Category - Spoken Word

Lifafa

Platinum Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Shilpa Varma, Mumbai, India

Synopsis - When Mansi receives an envelope in her name, it gives her a different high. There is something nice about being known by your name. It ensures that you are an individual. Not just someone's mother or wife.

Those Magic Words

Gold Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Zaid Khan, Chennai, India

Synopsis - An awkward 17 year old goes on his first date with the girl of his dreams, but the cause for his awkwardness isn't exactly what one might expect. It's a story about a boy struggling to find internal and external acceptance.

I'm Only Human

Silver Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Deon Demamount, Baijnath, India

Synopsis - A story of a bird that flew too close to a flock of different coloured birds.

Narbhakshi Machli

Bronze Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Shubham Garg, Delhi, India

Synopsis - A boy is about to propose the love of his life and the auspicious day takes him to his haunted past when his Maachi maa was killed because she was a trangender and he was subjected to differential treatment from society.

Sumo

#5 Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Aditya Raina, Jaipur, India

Synopsis - The pace of scientific development was fast but could not exceed its scope. After 12 years of unsuccessful attempts to bridge the gap between man and machine, Adeem and his team invented a robot that was up to 95% human. Irrespective of that, the robot finds itself on the verge of an Honor killing.