Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity

Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity

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

  1. ^ "26th edition of Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity concludes in Amman". ANI News. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ "التفاصيل l دائرة الثقافة". sdc.gov.ae (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Up to 6000 in Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in the Writing Field". Mina7.net. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2024.