- Short story (group)
- Eloquent poetry (group)
- Drama
- Child literature (this session will be assigned for
the child's theatre - both poetry and prose. Age group
should be mentioned).
- Criticism (This year this is assigned for 'Theatrical
text and perfection'.
Terms & conditions
The competition is open for all the UAE and other
Arab countries according to the following terms:
- Age of the participants should not exceed 45 years.
(A copy of the passport or birth certificate should
be produced as a proof).
- The submitted manuscript should be fresh and un-published.
- The works that took part in similar contests earlier
and that are submitted for a university degree or
that are partially published are not allowed.
- The work should be the writer's first work that
is intended for publishing.
- The topic must be written in eloquent language.
- Works should be submitted in three copies in paper
and one in CD, along with the writer's CV, two personal
photos and passport copy or birth certificate copy).
- One writer can take part only in any one field of
the competition.
- Organizers will retain all the participating works.
- Participations that are found to be violating the
rules and regulations shall be excluded from the competition.
- The last date to receive entries is 31st October
2002.
- The First winner in each field shall be invited
to receive the award at a ceremony.
- The Department of Culture & Information of Sharjah
Government undertakes the responsibility of publishing
the winning works at its own expense and at the same
time the Department will keep the copyright to itself
for the first edition of these works. It will also
have the right to publish some of these texts either
in the form of books or in the Al Rafed magazine,
published by the Department.
Jury Panel
After the preliminary verification the Awards secretary
will pass the entries to a 2-member-Jury to verify
and choose the winners, whose decision shall be final.
Jury will comment on the competition in general and
will give clarification to justify the selection.
Prizes:
- First prize in each field US$ 5,000/-
- Second prize in each field US$ 3,000/-
- Third prize in each field US$ 2,000/-
Address:
Entries should be sent to 'The Secretary, Sharjah
Award for Arabic Excellence', P O Box: 5119, Sharjah,
UAE. Tle: 06-5671116, Fax:5662126. |
