📚 Launch of Channels 2026 Spotlights Emerging Sri Lankan Literary Talent

• Overview: The English Writers Collective of Sri Lanka (EWC) officially launched Channels 2026, its flagship annual anthology showcasing contemporary short stories, poetry, and essays from both new and established local writers. • Key Highlights: • The annual creative writing competition serves as a core platform for discovering and publishing raw creative writing talent across the island. • All competition winners, shortlisted, and longlisted authors have been published within the volume. • Top awards for Prose were presented to Moh Afdhaal (1st Place), with Venessa Andrea Nugara and Shawn Mark Ramoo sharing 2nd place. • Top awards for Poetry went to Sureshika Piyasena (1st Place), followed by Sukanti Iyne Husain and Michelle Angelina (Joint 2nd Place). • Distribution & Availability: Channels 2026 is available at the Colombo International Book Fair (Perera Hussein Publishing House), Vijitha Yapa Bookshop (5th Lane), The Jam Fruit Tree Publications, and Kalaya (Pelawatte).