Katara announces short story competition

Katara – the Cultural Village has announced the launch of a short story competition, as part of its activities held annually during Ramadan.This year's theme is Brotherhood.Stories submitted to the competition should consider the importance of brotherhood, as it is one of the social human values called for by Islam.The last date for entry is the 29th day of Ramadan.Katara stressed that the participant must adhere to the topic of the story, and that the story’s word count should not be less than 1,500 or more than 5,000.The story must also be written in classical Arabic, without any spelling errors.The story must not have been published in any media outlet, or won any award before. It must be specific to this competition only.Participation is available to all writers, regardless of age, with each contestant allowed to submit only one story.The file must be a Word document.Writers wishing to participate must send their printed and formatted short stories by e-mail to novelkatara.netKatara has allocated three prizes for the winners of this competition.First place will receive a cash prize of QR15,000, second place will receive a prize of QR12,000, and third place will receive a cash prize of QR10,000.