Guwahati: Students from 15 Guwahati schools took part in an inter-school literary festival hosted by South Point School.The festival, titled Luminaria, featured competitions in creative writing, comic-strip design, extempore speaking, quiz and Scrabble. It also marked the release of the school’s annual magazine, Pinnacle.Garima Kalita of North East Public School won the creative-writing contest, while Dhruveka Roy Choudhury of Maria’s Public School topped comic-strip design. Bedanta Paul and Anushka Borthakur of Delhi Public School won the quiz.Ankan Bhatta of Gurukul Grammar Senior Secondary School won Scrabble, while Aatreyaa Bujarbaruah of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Shilpukhuri, won the extempore competition.Merry Baruah, associate professor in Cotton University’s department of English, judged creative writing. Art educator Kukima Kakati adjudicated comic-strip design. Retired professor and former Cotton University English department head Gautam Sarma and Gauhati University advocate Bishaldeep Kakati assessed the extempore contest.Quizmaster Dharmmaraj Joshi conducted the quiz, while Mitra Som Saha, principal of St Vivekananda School, Guwahati, supervised Scrabble.The winners received trophies and certificates at the closing ceremony. Judges and resource persons also formally unveiled the latest edition of Pinnacle.
