Intellectuals and writers are awaiting the announcement of a number of major Arab prizes during the coming days, starting from mid-January until mid-February, as the short lists for a number of major prizes, including the Arab Booker Prize, are announced, while other prizes are preparing to announce their winners, such as the Al-Multaqa Award for Short Story in Kuwait. Cairo International Book Fair Award, and others.
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The International Booker Prize for Arabic Fiction will announce its long list of novels nominated for the prize for the year 2023 on January 26, according to the schedule posted on the award’s website, while the date for announcing the short-listed novels will be in March 2023, provided that the winner will be announced in May 2022 for the winner of her prize. Grand, with a material value of 50 thousand US dollars.
Short Story Forum Award
The American University of the Middle East (AUM) announces the name of the winner of the Forum Award for the Arabic Short Story. The university will host the award ceremony on its campus in the first week of February 2023, in a manner consistent with the celebrations of the State of Kuwait on its official holidays in this month. There will also be an international Arab cultural program accompanying the celebration, with the participation of a group of Arab and international creative and educated personalities. The jury will hold its last meeting for this session, and then announce the winner of the award, who will receive a prize of (20 thousand US dollars) with a shield and a certificate. Each of the four short-listed writers will be awarded a prize of ($5,000 USD) along with a shield and certificate as well.
Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity
The results of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity will announce the names of the winners in January 2023, and awards will be distributed during the creativity workshop in April 2023, in the fields of eloquent poetry (no less than 15 poems), short story (a collection of no less than 12 stories), novel, text Theatrical, children's literature, and this course is devoted to (a collection of poetry directed at children – from 8 to 12 years old).
Book Fair Award
The Cairo International Book Fair, in its fifty-fourth session, to be held from January 25 to February 6, at the Egypt Center for International Exhibitions, announces the names of the winners of the fair’s awards during a ceremony to be held during the first week of the fair, in the fields of: Best Novel Award. Best short story award. Literary Criticism Award. Best Translated Book Award. Literary Criticism Award. Children's Writing Award. Vernacular Poetry Award. Classical Poetry Award. Science Book Award. Humanities Award. Award for the best translated book for children in cooperation with the National Center for Translation (equally). First Book Award – Literary Creativity Branch. Playwright Award (in cooperation with the Academy of Arts). Best Book Award in Heritage (in cooperation with the National Books and Documents House).
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