The Society of Fine Arts Journalists (SOFAJ) will be presenting three awards to journalists writing on fine arts this year. The awards will be presented under three categories— SOFAJ-Nepal Veteran Journalism Honour, Narayan Bahadur Singh Lalitkala Journalism Awards-2073 and Sofaj Fine Arts Journalism Awards. 

As per SOFAJ’s announcement, the three journalists to be awarded are Chandani Hamal (from Nagarik national daily), Sewa Bhattarai (from BBC Nepali Service), and Anjali Ramtel (from RSS). 

Likewise, the SOFAJ-Nepal Veteran Journalism Honour will be presented to Shyam Rimal, who is affiliated to RSS, and has been writing on fine arts for two decades. 

The awardees will be feted amid a function to be held in Nepal Art Council on December 9. 

 The awardees were selected by a panel of jury that included journalists Madhu Shahi, Tanka Upreti and Sitaram Badal. Along with medals the awardees will receive a cash purse of Rs 11,111 each.