Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity: First Edition

Abstract

This announcement presents the details of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity: First Edition as a literary award covering several creative fields, including the short story, classical Arabic poetry, the novel, drama, children’s literature, and literary criticism. It specifies quantitative requirements for some categories, such as a short-story collection of no fewer than twelve stories and a poetry submission of no fewer than fifteen poems. It also notes that the criticism category in this edition focuses on aesthetic storytelling and textual experimentation in the short story as a model. The announcement lists the financial prizes for the first three winners and provides contact details for submitting entries to the award secretariat in Sharjah, making it a concise documentary notice about a cultural initiative supporting Arab literary creativity.