Past Contests

Run Time: September 3, 2013 – September 30, 2013

The Tales Pensieve & Ambalika Bhattacharyya Present:

FOUR AND ONE FLASHANSWER CONTEST

There are four (4) questions in the form. Answer those. Submit the form. Rest back. Enjoy a coffee and a book. 🙂

Prize: The best answer per week will receive a signed copy of You Adored, Me Ignored by Ambalika. The answer adjudged the best of the month will be entitled to receive a free 30 minute telephonic communication coaching session from Ambalika, who is a professional in the field, on your chosen area of improvement – Interview, GB, General conversations etc. Plus the winners get featured in The Tales Pensieve’s home page.

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Run Time: September 11, 2013 – September 30, 2013

The Tales Pensieve & Marcardian Present:

BEST ASIN-ISATION CONTEST

Tell us about the best Fooling technique employed by your boss / your organization/ your friend’s organisation…Oh just any organization!

Answer using the form on the contest page. Submit the form. And since you enjoyed many extended weekends last month – go back to work! :)

Prize: A Flipkart.com gift voucher worth Rs. 1000/- Plus you make it to the banner on the home page of The Tales Pensieve!

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Run Time: August 1, 2013 – August 31, 2013

The Tales Pensieve & CouponDunia.in Present:

SPIN A TALE CONTEST

The ritual is simple. Read the listed rules. Write a story/ tale around the collection of prompts given below, while adhering to the rules. Upload the story using the form below. Go have coffee, read a book, twiddle your thumbs, celebrate raksha bandhan or go on vacation till you get a winner announcement eMail from us.

Prize: Flipkart’s Gift voucher worth Rs. 500/- & a month long featuring on The Tales Pensieve

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Run Time: August 16, 2013 – August 31, 2013

The Tales Pensieve & Piyush Jha Present:

CAST AND WIN CONTEST

Read the character sketches. Cast an actor/ actress from the hindi film industry to the characters. Answer in the form on the contest page. Go dream about the movie having a 100 crore weekend, till you get a winner announcement eMail from us (p.s. you can trash the dream sequence thereafter, if  your producer cannot afford your dream cast ;) ).

Prize: Signed copies of both Mumbaistan and Compass Box Killer with a personal message from Author & Flimaker Piyush Jha.

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Run Time: July 1, 2013 – July 31, 2013

The Tales Pensieve & Fingerprint Publishers Present:

THE VIRGINS FLASH FICTION CONTEST

The ritual is simple. Read the rules listed below. Write a story adhering to those rules. Upload the story using the form below. Go have coffee, read a book, twiddle your thumbs or go on vacation till you get a winner announcement eMail from us.

Prize: URead’s Gift voucher worth Rs. 1000/- & a month long featuring on The Tales Pensieve

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The Tales Pensieve & Sumukh Naik Present:
CONQUEST CONTEST IN THE AGE OF HIBLISK

Run Time: July 3, 2013 – July 31, 2013

The challenge is from point A to your destination point V. Between sea & southern sea stands – the black granite thin porous wall. C are the plains of Tracko ravaged by dry violent hurricanes. Between the mountains of Amboli and the Valley of Beauty (V) stands S – the chest deep swamp. As weapons you have nothing else except the three powers that you are free to choose from – Fire, Water, Sound, Light and Air.

Prize: A signed copy of Age of Hiblisk with a personalised message from the author Sumukh Naik & a month long featuring on The Tales Pensieve

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The Tales Pensieve & Akhil Khanna Present:

POPULATE YOUR CRORE CONTEST

Run Time: July 11, 2013 – July 31, 2013

Here is something for the realists of the world! You have five years and a crore. Where will you invest it for the maximum returns?

Take your pick. You can break up the investments, lend it to a money lender whole sole or even stash it away in a damp dungeon.

Prize: 5-signed copies of Let’s Talk Money by Akhil Khanna and a personal investment question or question related to the ongoing Global Financial Crisis answered by the author & a month long featuring on The Tales Pensieve

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The Tales Pensieve & Readers Cosmos Present:

THE HOMING PIGEONS ART THE HEART CONTEST

Run Time: July 13, 2013 – July 31, 2013

Sketch. Upload. Take a chill pill. If your chemist insists that the pill is out of stock, take cappuccino instead. Wait for your prize’s delivery. Two hearts that’s what you have to put on paper. You are free to use any art form; your are free to use any type of colour (crayons, pencils, pens, paints…anything) or even not to use any colour. You are even free to use inspiration. The only condition is it should be done in hand on paper. No computer kalakaari.

After you have art-ed the hearts on paper, click a picture and upload.

Prize: A signed copy of The Homing Pigeons by Sid Bahri & a month long featuring on The Tales Pensieve

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