Katara receives 1,500 submissions for Short Story Competition from 32 nations

Doha, Qatar: The Cultural Village Foundation Katara announced that it has received 1,500 submissions for the Katara Short Story Competition from 32 c...

Doha, Qatar: The Cultural Village Foundation -Katara announced that it has received 1,500 submissions for the Katara Short Story Competition from 32 countries, including 19 Arab nations and 13 foreign countries.

Of these, 1,473 entries were from Arab countries, while 27 were from non-Arab nations.

Submissions from Egypt and Sudan topped the entry list, with a combined total of 612 entries, followed by contributions from the Levant and Iraq, which accounted for approximately 412 entries.

The Maghreb region ranked third with 296 submissions, while entries from the Arab Gulf states came in fourth with around 153 contributions. Meanwhile, submissions from non-Arab countries totaled 27 entries.

Katara has designated three awards for the competition, with the first prize valued at QR 15,000, the second prize set at QR 12,000, and the third prize estimated at approximately QR 10,000.