BTB Ongoing Initiatives
We have multiple ongoing initiatives to fuel the creativity in you and give you opportunities to showcase your talent. Check the list below to know more.
BTB Pick of the Week – This initiative is open only for children. A child can submit a written piece in any format/category/style at btbdiaries@gmail.com . If selected, the work of the child is published on our Kids’ Corner as a featured post and is shared as ‘BTB Pick of the Week’ on our official Facebook page.
BTB Storyteller of the Week – This initiative is open to adults as well as kids. You can submit a fictional story penned by you in maximum 350 words at btbdiaries@gmail.com . If selected, we invite you to narrate this story in a video format and feature you on our fast-growing YouTube channel as ‘BTB Storyteller of the Week’. This is also shared on our official Facebook page.
BTB Boosters – This initiative is open to adults as well as kids. You can submit a write-up in any format/style/category with maximum word count of 100 at btbdiaries@gmail.com . If selected, this gets featured on our social media handles. The purpose of this initiative is to keep the creative spark alive in the writers by writing short pieces that are impactful.
BTB Monthly Writing Challenge – We conduct monthly writing challenges with unique and interesting prompts on our social media handles. Adults as well as kids can participate in these monthly contests. The winners are chosen by an experienced jury and the winning entries are published on our website.
BTB Books
‘Box of Tales’ series is a book series from the house of Beyond the Box to provide our brilliant young writers with a platform to showcase their creativity for a larger audience.
“Box of Tales – Volume 1” is a collection of 22 short stories and each tale has been deliciously crafted by a child. We presented kids with the opportunity to let their pens flow, and the result is this anthology which is sure to leave a lingering aftertaste in you. The book is available on Evincepub Store, Amazon, Flipkart and Playstore.
BTB Chronicles
BTB Chronicles is a theme-based online literary journal from Beyond the Box which brings together the creative work of writers across the globe for its subscribers. It is a space for writers to reach out to more readers and for readers to explore the literary work of contemporary writers.
BTB Chronicles – Edition 2 (Theme: Poems on ‘Festivals’)
BTB Chronicles – Edition 1 (Theme: “Something Fishy”)
To subscribe for BTB Chronicles, please drop us an email at btbdiaries@gmail.com
BTB Collaboration
We strongly believe in collaborative learning and look forward to creative and fruitful associations with like-minded brands and people. Together we can nurture talent more effectively and holistically.
Katha India
We associated with Katha India as a part of which our students reviewed the fantastic books from Katha that can be viewed in the Kids’ Corner section of our website. We also got an opportunity to talk to Padma Shri Geeta Dharmarajan who is the Founder of Katha. The interview is published here.
Gap Inc.
We were invited by Gap Inc. which is an MNC with a portfolio of seven global brands to conduct activities for kids on their Corporate Family Day Event. We engaged the kids in the age group 10-15 years with our exclusive offering, Word Tambola, to bring together learning and fun.
Wonder House Books
We collaborated with coveted Publication House “Wonder House Books” for Mamma Mia – Beyond the Box Raksha Bandhan Contest. Details of the contest and collaboration can be found here.
News Shuttle
We explored the bi-weekly Children’s Newspaper “News Shuttle” with our students and it was an enriching experience. Check our review here.
Junior Imprint
We were approached by popular monthly Children’s newsletter “Junior Imprint” for a 3-month collaboration as a part of which they exclusively featured the book reviews penned by BTB kids from February 2020 edition onwards.
To get your complimentary copy of the newsletter, visit this link.