Deadline for Sheikh Zayed Book Award Nominations Approaches
The Sheikh Zayed book Award repeated today that the call for nominations for its 11th session will end on October 1st, 2016. Interested authors, translators and publishers can still apply online up until the closing date via Awards website www.zayedaward.ae.
The Award received a total of 1,025 nominations to date from over 54 countries worldwide. The Young Author and Literature classifications are still in the lead, with 344 and 256 nominated works respectively, while Best Contribution to the Development of Nations category followed with 138 titles and Literary Art and Criticism category with 102 titles.
Following the declared closing date, the reading panels will commence their work with the first stage of assessment led by the Secretary General Dr Ali Bin Tamim. This stage will be followed by the judging panels evaluations which last till end of January 2017. After that, the Scientific Committee analyses the judges reports and announces the short-lists and the winning titles sequentially by April 2017.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award recognizes outstanding writers, intellectuals, publishers as well as young talents whose writings and translations of humanities promote Arab Culture.
