The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is one of the world’s leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture. Since 2006, the Award has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding work by authors, translators, publishers, and organisations around the world.
The Award does not only recognise major literary and cultural achievements, but also aims to boost the publishing industry. 2018 saw the launch of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s Translation Grant to help produce more quality Arabic books that are translated, published and distributed outside the Arab World.
This year, the Award is receiving submissions across 10 categories: Literature, Translation, Contribution to the Development of Nations, Arab Culture in Other Languages, Children’s Literature, Editing of Arabic Manuscripts, Literary and Art Criticism, Young Author, Cultural Personality of the Year, and Publishing and Technology.
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), is now welcoming submissions to its 19th edition from May until 1 September 2024.
More information: https://www.zayedaward.ae/en/default.aspx