CThe prize includes several categories, in this case, “Morocco Prize for poetry”, “Morocco Prize for narration”, “Morocco Prize for human sciences”, “Morocco Prize for social sciences”, “Morocco Prize for Morocco for Literary, Artistic and Linguistic Studies”, “Morocco Prize for Translation”, “Morocco Prize for Amazigh Literature”, “Morocco Prize for Studies in the Field of Amazigh Culture” and “Morocco Prize for literature for children and adolescents,” the ministry said in a press release.
Applications are open for Moroccan writers, poets, critics, researchers, thinkers and translators, for books published in Morocco or abroad in their first edition in 2023, in Arabic, in Amazigh, in Hassani expression or in foreign languages, and legally deposited.
Nominations are not open for books written by more than two authors, or for writers who have received this prize in the last three years, the ministry said.
Also, applications must be submitted no later than October 21, 2024, in two stages, first through electronic registration via the platform dedicated for this purpose while printing the registration receipt, before sending the file paper at the Registry Office at the Directorate of Books, Libraries and Archives, at 17 Rue Michlifen, Agdal, Rabat, consisting of the electronic registration receipt and eight copies of the book nominated for the Prize.
Concerning the Morocco Prize for translation, the file must include three copies of the book in the original version in addition to eight copies of the translated book, with the document justifying the translation rights.
Candidates who have sent their books cannot request their return, underlines the press release.
(with MAP)
