KATHMANDU: Garima Rana won Bhavisyavani — an international poetry competition. She was announced the winner on September 19 at a ceremony held at the Shilpee Theatre, Battisputali.

As per a press release issued by London based e- magazine DREAMS, Rana was declared the winner for her poem — Joog Pherine Tyo Din — that is about the “customary struggle of the ordinary Nepalis who expect times to take a turn one day”.

With Ma Sirishko Phool, Laxman Shrestha bagged the second prize while Ramnath Khanal won the third place for his Bhavisyavani, adds the release. The top three winners took home a cash prize of Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

A panel of judges including popular poets Biplov Pratik, Netra Atom, Seema Abhas, and Sneh Sayami selected the winners. The competition began on July 15 with the collection of poems under the theme ‘Let’s write tomorrow’s poems, today’. And it witnessed participation of over 200 poets under the age of 30 years.

The Final 20, the judges along with Chief Guest Bimal Niva also recited their poetries. The poetry competition was organised by the e-magazine in collaboration with Word Warriors, Nepal Literature Festival and Yuwa among others.