Deadline: 19 March 2012
Budding short story writers living in the UAE have a chance to sharpen their literary skills with the return of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair and The National's short story competition.
The short stories - ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 words - must either tackle the theme "2012: End of Days" or title their entry The Others, and use whichever genre they wish.
The stories must be written in English and target an adult audience. Authors must be 18 years old and above, and not related to anyone working at Abu Dhabi Media or at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair.
OTHER CRITERIA INCLUDE:
• The story must be an original and unpublished submission
• The story must be emailed to artslife@thenational.ae via a readable text document
• The deadline for entries is midnight on Monday, March 19 - two weeks from today
• The first round of entries will be judged by an in-house panel of editors employed by The National. Five shortlisted works will be chosen and forwarded to the Abu Dhabi Book Fair panel. They will also be published in The National's Arts & Life section
• Winning entries will be picked by a guest author from the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
The first-prize author will win an iPad, while the second place winner will receive an iPod Touch. Third, fourth and fifth positions will receive book vouchers, valued at Dh500 each, from Jashanmal Bookstores.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: artslife@thenational.ae
For submissions: artslife@thenational.ae
Website: http://www.thenational.ae
Budding short story writers living in the UAE have a chance to sharpen their literary skills with the return of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair and The National's short story competition.
The short stories - ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 words - must either tackle the theme "2012: End of Days" or title their entry The Others, and use whichever genre they wish.
The stories must be written in English and target an adult audience. Authors must be 18 years old and above, and not related to anyone working at Abu Dhabi Media or at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair.
OTHER CRITERIA INCLUDE:
• The story must be an original and unpublished submission
• The story must be emailed to artslife@thenational.ae via a readable text document
• The deadline for entries is midnight on Monday, March 19 - two weeks from today
• The first round of entries will be judged by an in-house panel of editors employed by The National. Five shortlisted works will be chosen and forwarded to the Abu Dhabi Book Fair panel. They will also be published in The National's Arts & Life section
• Winning entries will be picked by a guest author from the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
The first-prize author will win an iPad, while the second place winner will receive an iPod Touch. Third, fourth and fifth positions will receive book vouchers, valued at Dh500 each, from Jashanmal Bookstores.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: artslife@thenational.ae
For submissions: artslife@thenational.ae
Website: http://www.thenational.ae
