Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity
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The Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity (SAAC) is an award in the United Arab Emirates that started in 1996. It's organized by the Sharjah Department of Culture and Information.[1] This award is for young Arabs who are between eighteen and forty years old. It aims to find new talents in six areas of writing: short stories, novels, poetry, children's books, theater, and literary criticism.[2]
Winners get the following amount of money: $6,000 for first place, $4,000 for second, and $3,000 for third.[3] Their work also gets published and shown at Sharjah International Book Fair. Winners are invited to a workshop in Sharjah where they can learn more about culture and writing.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "26th edition of Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity concludes in Amman". ANI News. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "التفاصيل l دائرة الثقافة". sdc.gov.ae (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Up to 6000 in Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in the Writing Field". Mina7.net. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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