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Katara Foundation invites you to participate in its competition for the novel, which aims to reward Arab novelists and appreciate their achievements in cultural life, which contributes to raise cultural awareness, highlighting the Arab personality in the literary field, and honoring the Arab innovators, who contributes to the advancement of nations and promote the ideals, values and humanitarian principles by their work.
The Katara Prize for the Arabic novel is an annual prize launched by the cultural district general organization in early 2014. It is managed by the foundation and provides full support and supervision through the committee for the management of the prize, which was appointed for this purpose. The award aims to consolidate the presence of distinguished Arab novels, both Arab and international, and to encourage and appreciate the creative Arab novelists, in order to move towards broader horizons of creativity and excellence, which will lead to an increased level of interest in reading the Arabic novel and increase cultural awareness and knowledge. The Katara Award is committed to upholding the values of independence, transparency, and fairness in the selection process, translating the winners' work into English and French, publishing and marketing unpublished novels, and opening the competition to publishers and novelists alike.
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