The officials at a meeting.
DOHA: The deadline to submit stories for the “Future’s Writers” competition is April 26, 2018, said Qatar Charity.
“Future’s Writers” program launched by Qatar Charity to discover young talents by organising short story writing competition for middle and high school students in Qatar.
On May 3, 2018, the committees will meet with the qualified students at schools decided by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to discuss the content of their stories.
Then, the final results will be announced and the winners will be honoured at the closing ceremony, Al Gharib said in a statement.
The “Future’s Writers” competition has gone through several stages, which include encouraging school students, both males and females, to write short stories, receiving 375 participations, then, organising training workshops to improve qualified students’ writing skills.
The competition is held in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Qatar University, Barwa Bank, Qatari Forum For Authors, “Khair Jalees” Book Club, and Dar Roza Publishing.
Qatar University, in cooperation with Qatar Charity, organised training workshops for the students to improve their writing skills.
This is the high sense of responsibility of both organisations towards the society, Al Athba added.
Ali Al Gharib, Executive Director of QC’s Executive Management for Local Operations, said judging committees are ready to receive the complete stories from the qualified students after they have attended the workshops on the basics and strategies of writing short stories.
