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Arya Gopi is an acclaimed bilingual poet who writes in English and Malayalam. A contributor to major Malayalam journals, she has won more than fifty literary recognitions, both national and international, including the Kerala State Sahitya Academy Kanakasree Award and the Sharjah International Book Festival Translation Grant. She is an executive committee member of the Malayalam Mission under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. She has represented the Malayalam language in three International Festival of Letters – Imphal 2019, Shimla 2022 and New Delhi 2024- hosted by the Sahitya Akademi, Delhi. Her poems were translated into Hindi, English, Kannada, and Bengali. Her English poems have appeared in Muse India Journal, Teesta Review, Modern Literature International Journal, The Usawa Literary Review, Kavishala Magazine, Indian Literature, Malayalam Literary Survey and elsewhere. Malakha Matsyam, Avasanathe Manushyan, Kannadiyile Daivam, Sob of Strings and One Hundred lines of Discord are some of her most noted works. Dr. Arya Gopi currently serves as the Head of English Department at the Kozhikode Zamorin Guruvayurappan College. 

KS Sabarinadhan is a Congress politician and two-time former MLA of the Kerala Assembly. Prior to joining active politics, he worked in the corporate sector and later in the development sector in various projects on health, nutrition and livelihoods. He is a familiar name in Kerala in various issues related to politics, society, economy and arts.

Subhash Ottumpuram is a well-known author of Malayalam short stories. A contributor to children’s literature as well, he writes for several contemporary publications. His major short story collections include Prathivisham, Ore Kadalile Kappalukal and Thirich Kittiya Puzhakal. Kadappurathe Kavothi, Ekanthanavikal, Neelanirathilulla Manathu Kanni and Ravanante Meesha are a few of his notable works of children’s literature.

Dr. Nikhilesh Menon is a renowned author, director and medical practitioner. He has published four research papers and directed two short films. Pradhamadrishtya, Agocharam, Hananam and Prathikriya are the novels penned by him. Dr. Nikhilesh Menon currently serves as an Assistant Surgeon as well as the Nodal Officer for Strengthening Lab Systems of the Kerala Health and Family Welfare Department. Prima Facie, a domestic thriller, is his most recent publication. 

Anujith Sasidharan is a noted Malayalam author. Jayopakhyanam, which was shortlisted for the 2024 DC Books Golden Jubilee Novel Competition, is his most recent publication. He has been serving as the faculty of literature at college level since 2006.

Francis Noronha is a renowned Malayalam author. A contributor to several notable periodicals as well, he is the recipient of the inaugural Chembil John Award, the Sahid Smaraka Sahitya Theeram Award and the T V Kochubava Award for his story collection titled Thottappan. Asharanarude Suvishesham, Kanipaniyunna Kaserakal, Mundanparunki and Masterpiece are a few of his other acclaimed works. Mudiyarakal is his most recent novel.

Santhan is a notable poet in Malayalam literature. He is also well known as a film lyricist, critic, essayist, translator and cultural worker. His prominent works include Riding on a Motorbike in the Rain, Neeladhara, Yudhavum Mrityunjayavum, Yoga Nireeswararakum (translation), The Story of the Golden Sparrow and IFFK 100 Vismaya Chithrangal. In 2006, he received the Asan Prize for Young Poets for his poetry collection Riding on a Motorbike in the Rain, published by DC Books. He was also awarded the K. Raveendran Nair Memorial Award for his series of essays and the Nooranad K. Ramachandran Single Poem Award for his poem Neeladhara.