Participants must register online through the official IntellectSprouts website before registration deadline closes.

The registration fee is ₹100 per participant. The fee is non-refundable in any circumstances.

Parents are responsible for providing accurate participant details and valid age proof if requested by the organisers, failing which will lead to disqualification.

All three pictures must be meaningfully incorporated into the story. They may be used in any order.

The story must follow the prescribed line limit for the participant's age category:

• 3–4 years: 5 lines
• 5–6 years: 7–8 lines
• 7–8 years: 10–11 lines
• 9–10 years: 13–14 lines
• 11–12 years: 16–17 lines

English is the only accepted language for the story and narration.

Children may use props during narration. However, props, costumes and decorative arrangements will not earn additional marks.

Online Submission of a storytelling video is mandatory. Late submissions are not allowed.

The video must clearly show and capture the child narrating the complete story. The video must be recorded in one continuous take, without cuts, pauses, splicing or editing.

Background music, voice-overs, dubbed narration and effects that interfere with judging are not permitted.

The uploaded video must be complete, playable and accessible to the judging team. Incomplete, corrupted or inaccessible submissions may not be considered.

The use of Hindi or any language other than English during the story narration may result in deduction of marks.

Parents must not intervene during the recording. The child should be allowed to express ideas and narrate in their own words.

Submission once made cannot be edited or re-submitted in any case.

Record your child's complete storytelling performance in one continuous, unedited video.

Ensure that the child's face is visible and the narration is clearly audible.

Do not prompt, coach or feed lines to your child during the recording.

The story must be narrated in English only.

Please compress the video before uploading it. Large video files may fail to upload.

Upload the video through the official submission portal before 1 November 2026.

Marks will be deducted for parent prompting, the use of languages other than English, editing or cutting of video and violations of the video recording guidelines. Entries that violate originality requirements may be disqualified.

Use all three picture prompts to make up the story. Missing any picture prompt will lead to deduction of marks.