Terms & Conditions of the Scheme:

1. Any Goan Konkani write, may he/she be writing either in Devnagri or Romi script may participate in this scheme. However, incase it is the first ever book of the writer, the Akademi shall decide whether or not, it should be accepted under this scheme.

2. Any aspirant wishing to avail of the assistance under this scheme shall submit three copies of his/her manuscript along with the prescribed Application Form. The application forms are available at the Goa Konkani Akademi’s Office in Panjim. The manuscript should be clearly hand-written or typed or typeset. No manuscript submitted in the form of paper cutting or in any other form shall be accepted.

3. Goa Konkani Akademi has appointed an Editorial Board to select the manuscript form amongst those received. The Akademi shall provide financial assistance to those manuscripts selected and recommended by the Editorial Board.

4. The Akademi shall decide as to how many books shall be selected (or rejected) for assistance under this scheme.

5. The Akademi shall give maximum of 50% financial assistance under this scheme as per the ratio of printing finalized by the Akademi.

6. One page of the book to be published under this scheme shall be reserved for “Akademi’s introductory remark’s” and it shall have to be mentioned under the Credit page in bold letter’s that “ the book has been publisher\d under Akademi’s Sahityaprabha Scheme”

7. The writer shall have to give to Akademi 50 complimentary copies of the book after it has been published.

8. The number of copies to be printed under this scheme shall be 500 or any other depending on the discretion of the Akademi (but not more than 1000).

9. This scheme offers financial assistance only to the first edition of the book. Incase it is the second edition or any reprint, the executive committee may, at its discretion, take suitable decision.

10. The writer concerned shall have to confirm, before the actual printing of the book that the Orthographic and all the other rules of the Akademi are followed.

11. The manuscript accepted by the Akademi for publishing under this scheme should be such as not having obtained/ shall not obtain financial assistance from any other individual/ institution/ committee etc.

12. The Akademi shall invite the writer of the book accepted for publishing and arrange a meeting with the publisher. The writer is free to choose any of the publishers for printing his/her manuscript. The Akademi shall pay 50% of financial assistance to the proposed publisher only after the latter accepts the above rules and signs the contract. The balance payment of 50% shall be cleared on submission of 50 copies of the book along with the printing bill.

13. Incase the author of the book wishes to select a publisher other than any one of those suggested by the Akademi or if he/she wishes to be his/her own publisher, the Akademi shall take appropriate decision after ascertaining the actual position.

14. The printing of the book shall not be more than three times the cost of 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.

15. The Akademi reserves the right to withdraw or to cancel the offer of financial assistance in case the book is not printed as per the Akademi’s norms, rules and regulations or if there are mistakes in the book. The Akademi also reserves the right to recover, at any stage, the amount of financial assistance from the publisher, in case of non-compliance of Akademi’s rules/ norms/ conditions.