The UAEBBY management will announce the winner within three months of the closing of the deadline for receiving entries, unless there are circumstances beyond UAEBBY's control. Before the announcement of the winner, the UAEBBY will announce the short list. These announcements are made once the UAEBBY management endorses the decision of the judging panel. Starting from 2010, the winner of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Books has been announced during the Sharjah International Book Fair.