Terms and Conditions of the Scheme: 

1. This scheme is application to those applicant / writer’s, none of whose books has been published so far. (A particular writer shall also be eligible, even if the writer concerned has, to his credit, any small booklet or if he has collaborated with someone else in the writing of any book)

2. This scheme is meant for writers in the Devnagari & Romi scripts. The Akademi shall decide, from time to time, the ratio of expenditure between publication of Devnagri and Romi scripts.

3. The Editorial Board appointed by the Akademi shall evaluate the merit of the manuscripts and shall recommend to the Akademi only those that are worth publishing.

4. The Akademi shall pay the Publisher 75% of the Printing Cost to publish the selected manuscript.

5. The applicant / writer shall have to submit three copies of the manuscript to the Akademi. These manuscripts shall have been written as per the orthographic rules approved by Akademi.

6. The applicant / writer shall clearly write his / her full name, complete address, phone number etc. on the manuscript.

7. The manuscript shall have to be in the form of a clear press-copy. It may be in the form of a typed script or typeset script. In case it is submitted in the form of Photostat copies of the newspaper / magazine clippings, they should be clear and prepared neatly with sufficient margins / spaces.
8. The Akademi shall not accept manuscripts which do not seem to adhere to these norms.The Akademi shall invite the writer whose manuscript is selected for publishing and shall arrange his / her meeting with the publishers. The accepted manuscript shall then be published through that publisher.

9. The Akademi shall arrange to give to the writer of the selected manuscript, through the publisher, 50 copies of the printed book.

10. If the writer of the selected manuscript wishes to be the publisher of his/her own work himself/herself, the Akademi may allow him/ her to do so provided the Akademi is sufficient convinced.

11. The publisher shall have to print the selected manuscript according to the terms and a condition lay down by the Akademi and has to follow the Orthographic Rules prepared by the Akademi.

12. The last date for submitting the manuscript to the Akademi shall be notified from time to time.

13. Manuscript shall be accepted at the office of the Akademi at 243, Patto Colony, Panaji-Goa 403 001.

14. The selected write shall mention on the credit – page in bold letters that “the book has been published under Goa Konkani Akademi’s Poilo Chonvor Scheme”.

15. The pricing of the book shall not be more than three times the cost of the production, put in by the publisher (i.e. total cost minus the Akademi’s assistance). However, in exceptional cases, at its discretion, the Akademi may allow higher pricing, if the publisher has incurred greater expenditure to enhance the quality of the book.

16. Goa Konkani Akademi reserves the right to cancel / recover the financial assistance, at any stage, on account of applicant’s non-compliance of any of the above rules.

17. The applicant shall give the undertaking, at the time of the payment of the first installment of the financial assistance that he/she has not and shall not obtain any financial assistance for the publication, once he/she has already claimed financial assistance from Goa Konkani Akademi.