Jayanthi Manoj

THE WRITER


Jayanthi Manoj is a Writer, Trainer and Assistant Professor in the PG and Research Department of English, Holy Cross College, Trichy in India. The writer strongly believes in the potentiality of mankind and affirms that solidarity of mankind is essential for survival. She believes that parental love and love in every form is needed for sustenance. As an optimist she foresees a race above disgrace, when the human will is submissive to the Divine power.

Jayanthi Manoj is the pen name of Mary Jayanthi. Her areas of interest include Indian Writing in English and Canadian Literature.

Her anthology of poems entitled SKETCHES: From the pages of my Diary, was published in 2008 by Reliance Publishing House, New Delhi. She is also a trainer in Interview facing skills, Group Dynamics and Communicative Skills cum Soft Skills.

Literary Highlights
•A number of poems, short stories were published in National and International Literary Journals like
The Journal of Indian Writing in English, The Journal of the Poetry Society (India) BRIDGE-IN-MAKING, Creative Writing and Criticism, Poet, Contemporary Vibes, Kohinoor and Katha Kshetre and also in National and International Anthologies DAYSPRING , SECOND ATTEMPT, BLOSSOMS, MILLENNIUM PEACE 2001 and 2002, WritersCafe.org Anthology 2006 and Volume for the
Reese Taylor award for poetry.
•The Poems Stagnation and Voices of Broken Bones were selected as one among the 20 best poems
entered for the Secret Attic Poetry Competition held at United Kingdom in July 2005&August 2006.
•The poem take her home was given a Second Honorary Mention at the Literary Magic Poetry Contest, New York, 2006 . Staff poet of the Literary Magic Magazine, New York.
•My Story won the III prize in the international short story contest conducted by Katholak Akademy of Creativity, Bangalore in Dec 2007.
• Postmortem, dogs and take her home included in VOICES ON THE FOUR WINDS- SARABA'S THIRD (INTERCONTINENTAL) POETRY CHAPBOOK, based in Nigeria, April 2010 with an introduction by
Ms. Verissimo.
•Life Member of Indian Society of Authors (INSA) , New Delhi, International Society of PEN, Begusari, Katholak Akademy of Creativity, Bangalore, India.
Associate Life Member of The Poetry Society of India, New Delhi.
Member of The Asia Pacific Writing Partnership, Australia.
•Talks and conducts workshops on Creative writing and frequently reads Poetry in Literary circles

•Awarded the title ‘Thinking Woman’ in a Reality Show in June 2010 and was among the Top 14 Contestants. Won the Best Performance of the day in the Wild Card talent round for concept based script and performance ‘ Karunai kaviyam’. Scripts entitled ‘Thedal’, ‘Anbin Mozhligal’ and ‘Thaimayin Sangamam’ were highly appreciated.

•Review of the book SKETCHES: From the pages of my Diary
1. By Rachna Joshi in The Journal of the Poetry Society (India) Vol. 20, 2009 ed. H.K.Kaul.
2. By Jasvindher Singh in Contemporary Vibes, Vol No: 4, Issue No. 15, Apr- June 09 ed. Anil K.Sharma, Chandigarh.
3. By J.Kaval in Katha Kshetre, KK. Vol. 10. No.02, Apr- June 2009 ed. J.Kaval, Bangalore.
4. By G.I. Sherif in Journal of Indian Writing in English,Vol 37-July 2009 NO 2 ed Balarama Gupta, Gulbarga, India.
5. By Prof. P.V. Laxmi Prasad, Shine, Pudukottai, Tamilnadu, India.

Literary Festivals
♦Attended The Writers’ Workshop on Poetry and The Academic Conference held during the Literary festival “Writing the Future” at Sanskriti Foundation and IIT, Delhi organized by Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi & The Asia Pacific Writing Partnership between 18th – 25th Oct 08.
• Released and reviewed two books entitled ‘Fathers from Hell’ and Women Bared and Dared’ at the Literary Festival conducted by Katha Kshetre Journal on 6th Dec 08 at Gandhi Bhawan, Bangalore.
•Attended the Hyderabad Literary Festival at Hyderabad organized by Muse India, the literary ejournal and OUCIP of Osmania University between 10th and 12th of December 2010. Event partners Sahitya Academy, US Consulate General Hyderabad, Goethe-Zentrum, Alliance Francaise, Dept. of Tourism Hyderabad, Karvy and Access Centre.


Appendix
PUBLICATION PROFILE: CREATIVE WRITING
National
1. Frosted, DAYSPRING- AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS, 1999, Ed. Dr. Ravi Nandan Sinha, WRITERS FORUM- RANCHI.
2.Voices Of Broken Bones, SECOND ATTEMPT, 2000, BIZZ BUZZ PUBLICATION- BANGALORE.
3.Untold Miseries, POETRY BRIDGE-IN-MAKING 2001, 2001,Ed. Pronab Kumar Majumder, BRIDGE-IN-MAKING PUBLICATION-KOLKATA.
4.Let Us Do It, MILLENNIUM PEACE 2001, 2001,Ed. Mr. V.D. Paulose, Pub. Mrs. FANCY PAULOSE- ASSAM.
5.Good Knight, BRIDGE-IN-MAKING 31ST NUMBER MAY TO AUG. 2001, 2001, Ed. Pronab Kumar Majumder, BRIDGE-IN-MAKING PUBLICATION-KOLKATA.
6.Excuse Me, BRIDGE-IN-MAKING 31ST NUMBER SEPT. TO DEC. 2001, 2001, Ed. Pronab Kumar Majumder, BRIDGE-IN-MAKING PUBLICATION-KOLKATA.
7. Sordid Scenario, BLOSSOMS, 2001, Ed. Dr. Ravi Nandan Sinha, WRITERS FORUM- RANCHI.
8.Excuse Me, MILLENNIUM PEACE 2002, 2002, Ed. Mr. V.D. Paulose, Pub. Mrs. FANCY PAULOSE- ASSAM.
9.Inspiration:Laboured or Visited, Creative Writing And Criticism (An International Biannual Journal of English Studies), Vol. 3, No.1, October 2005,Dr. Suresh Nath, Sikandrabad-Uttar Pradesh.
10.A Peak hour*Rockfort Bus, Poet (An International monthly), Vol.47, No.1, January 2006, Ed. Dr.Krishna Srinivas, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
11.wastepaper basket, The Journal of Indian Writing in English, Vol.34, No.1, January 2006,Ed.Dr.G.S. Balarama Gupta, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
12. Love and Marriage, Contemporary Vibes, Vol.1, issue no.5 Octorber-December 2006,Ed. Anil K. Sharma, Chandigarh, India
13. Angels and A House of my own, Kohinoor, Vol.3, No.1, January 2008,Ed. A.K.Choudhary, Begusari, India.
14. Musical Chair, Poetry World, Vol 1 No. 5, September 2008, Ed.S.Krishnan, Chennai, India.
15. Friday Afternoon and Hot dogs and sandwiches , Poetry World, Vol 1 No. 6, October 2008, Ed.S.Krishnan, Chennai, India.
16. dogs , The Journal of the Poetry Society (India) Vol. 20, 2009 ed. H.K.Kaul.
17. Spring of my Life, Bridge-in-making , A Bi- annual collection of International poems and Literary Appraisals, 53rd & 54th Number, July 2009, Ed. Pronab Kumar Majumder, Kolkata, India.


Short Story
1. The Autumn Years , Contemporary Vibes, Vol No. 1, Issue No. 4, July-Sept –06 Ed.Anil K. Sharma, Chandigarh, India.
2. Gold Medal, Katha Kshetre, Vol 09. No.3,July-Sept 2008, Ed. Joseph Kaval, Karnataka, India.

Poetic Prose
1. The Tempest , Contemporary Vibes, Vol No. 4, Issue No. 13, Oct-Dec–08 Ed.Anil K. Sharma, Chandigarh, India. and also in Watch Me Bounce-an E-journal, 10th January 2012 ed. Rocky Reichman, available at

International
1.Stagnation, Secret Attic Poetry Competition- July Booklet, 2005, Secret Attic- United Kingdom.
2.Voices of Broken Bones, Secret Attic Poetry Competition- May Booklet, 2006, Secret Attic- United Kingdom
3. Kidnapped Secret Attic Poetry Competition- Sept Booklet, 2006, Secret Attic- United Kingdom
4. take her home was given a Second Honorary mention in the Literary Magic Poetry Contest, May 2006, NY, United States.
5. Kidnapped and take her home, WritersCafe.org Anthology 2006,Wisconsin, U.S.A.
6.Island and Friday afternoon have been included in the volume for the Reese Taylor award for poetry, Jan 2007 in South Korea.
E writing/ Publication
1.A short note on writing was included in the firstwriter.com website.
2.The poem Water was published in firstwriter.magazine Issue 8: Turning Leaves Winter 2005/06.
3.The poem Island was published in Timbuktu an E- magazine, May 2006.
4.Frosted was adjudged as the ‘Best on Board’ of Euphoria for Nov.2006.
5. Friday Afternoon, dogs and Eternal love were published in Literary Magic Winter issue January 2009.
6. Postmortem, Sky, Wind, Take her home, Dogs, Frosted, A house of my own, Fish(e), Battling Thoughts were published in Talking Poetry ed. Priya Sarukkai Chabria, March 2009.