April

Registration Opens

31st of July

Registration Closes

31st of August

Deadline for Receiving Hardcopies

October

Short Listing

November

Winners Announcement

WELCOME TO ETISALAT AWARD FOR ARABIC CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature

The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature is one of the most important children's literature prizes in the Arab world and one of the richest in the world. It was launched in 2009 on the initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al-Qasimi, Founder and Patron of the UAE Board on Books for Young People and CEO of Kalimat publishing house.

The restructuring of the Award will serve to attract an even larger segment of the publishing industry and thereby encourage more publishers, authors and illustrators to play a role in developing the Arabic children's book sector. 

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Meet the 2023 Etisalat Award Winners

Our Categories

Early Reader

Picture Book

Chapter Book

Young Adult’s Book

Poetry Category

ABOUT THE AWARD

The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s literature was launched in 2009. It aims to provide an incentive for publishers, authors, and illustrators to publish Arabic children’s books and apps that are of the highest quality in both form and content.

The Award Objectives & Value Process & Criteria Evaluation Criteria Entry Requirements

Value of Award

AED

1,200,000

The Award is worth one million and two hundred thousand dirhams distributed.

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