Arab Tunisian Bank recently issued the following announcement.

Call for Nominations for the Arab ATB Award Mustapha Azouz - 10th Edition

In the framework of the Partnership between ATB and the FORUM of Literature for the Child, the Call for candidatures for the Arab Prize of Literature for the Child: "Mustapha Azouz" 2019 is launched to the Writers, Men of letters, Creators, as well as for Youth of Tunisia and Arab Countries, under the following conditions:

This Session is about Literary Text (Story) for readers aged 12 to 16 years old.

The Candidate can deal with various subjects in the Art of the Story. A special prize will be awarded to the Historical Story which will treat one of the epics of famous people or the highlights of one of the fixed periods of history including the Arab countries.

The text submitted to this competition must meet the following standards:

a) 40 to 80 pages (A4 sheet) for Writers and Men of Letters.

b) 10 to 30 pages (in A4 sheet) for young people (pupils and students)

The text will be presented in "simplified arabic" characters, font 14, line spacing 1.5. The margin will be 2.5 on all sides of the page.

The Text must be written in Literary Arabic, Seen totally or partially

The text must be a personal work, excluding adaptation and translation, respecting the age range mentioned (12 to 16 years).

It must be unpublished and not previously awarded

The text must be the subject of a numerical entry presented in 5 copies, recorded on CD-ROM, in Word and PDF without mentioning the author's name.

The candidate can only submit one text.

Participation will be considered under the guarantee of the authenticity of the work by its author and its commitment to accept the conditions of the contest.

In accordance with the conditions of the literary contest, any production which does not respect the rules and conditions specified above will be rejected.

The organizing committee is responsible for the printing of the winning works and reserves the rights of the first impression.

Values of the prizes awarded to the winners:

1st prize 8000dt

2nd prize 5000dt

Special price of historical account 8000dt

Three incentive prizes (500 dinars each) will be awarded to young laureates (pupils and students)

Contest entries must arrive no later than 20 November 2018 , by post at the following address, ATB, Arabic Mustapha Azouz Prize for Children's Literature, BP 196, El Menzah 6 - 2091.

The application file must include a request for participation written by the candidate, mentioning Name and Surname, place of birth, profession, telephone number (fixed and mobile), postal address, email address, a photo recent identity and a short resume.

The Award Ceremony will take place during the first week of April 2019 on the occasion of the World Children's Book Day.

To participate in the ATB Mustapaha Azzouz 10th edition prize, please register at www.atbprixmustaphaazouz. tn

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