AlMultaqa Prize for Arabic Short Story Receives 197 Submissions from 19 Countries

 
Al-Multaqa Prize Competition announced that it has received 197 short story collections for its third cycle. The Prize was launched in December 2015 by the American University of Kuwait (AUK), in partnership with the Cultural Circle's Founder and Manager, Mr. Taleb Al-Rifae. As per the competition’s rules, submitted collections must be published between the 1st of January, 2017 and the 31st of March, 2018; and the received submissions are as follows:
 

 

 

The competition Board of Trustees and Advisory Board also announced the following names as the jurors for the 2017-2018 cycle:

- Dr. Suad Al-Anezi / Kuwait- Head of Jury Committee
- Dr. Abdeldaem Al-Salami / Tunis - Jury Member
- Mr. Amir Taj Al-Sur / Sudan - Jury Member
- Dr. Najem Abdullah Kathem / Iraq- Jury Member
- Mr. Mohammed Al-Abbas / Saudi Arabia - Jury Member

In support of the regional literary culture, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have collaborated for the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair event where members of the AlMultaqa jury are to present a lecture entitled, Literary Awards and Creativity on the 25th of April, 2018.

Members of the jury will announce the first shortlisted authors for the prize which consist of 10 short story collections in the beginning of October, 2018; while the second shortlist will be announced in the beginning of November with 5 short story collections. The competition winner will be announced in December, 2018 during a ceremony organized by AUK where the winner will receive the cash prize of $20,000, in addition to a certificate of appreciation, and the translation of the winning short story collection to English.