Saudi Arabia Launches Global Competition for Arabic Fiction

The winner will receive $100,000.

Publish date: Monday، 22 July 2024

Saudi Arabia Launches Global Competition for Arabic Fiction

Saudi Arabia has launched the Global Pen Award for Novels for Arabic fiction.

The competition is now accepting original works written in Arabic, and the competition's monetary award is $100,000 for the winners and the overall prize pot is of $690,000.

The Chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Sheikh Turki AlAlShik announced the competition on Twitter saying, "[I am] very excited about this big step that benefits Arab novelists and the film industry in the region."

The first-place winner will receive $100,000 and the second-place winner will receive $50,000. These two winners will also win an additional prize of having their works adapted to films.

The third-place winner will receive $30,000. The competition also has a Novel Track category, which will award $25,000 each to the best novels across genres.

The Best Screenplay Adapted from a Literary Work will award $100,000 to the winner, $50,000 to second and $30,000 to third.

An additional prize for the Best Translated Novel will be given, including a monetary prize of $100,000.

There will also be a $30,000 prize for an Audience Award, which will be chosen through an electronic voting system.

The works will be judged by a main jury consisting of three novelists, three screenwriters, and three producers from the Arab World.

Winners of the competition will be revealed during a TV ceremony.

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Saudi Arabia Launches Global Competition for Arabic Fiction

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