Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2017 Student Competitions Now Open

Students, are you ready for another battle of the books and reciting poetry? 'The Readers’ Cup' and 'Qasidah par Coeur' competitions are back and it's time for you to register. And don't forget to submit your entries for the Oxford University Press Story Writing Competition and the Taaleem Award.

Taaleem Award
The theme for the 2017 Taaleem Award is Journeys.
Entries can be submitted online until 20 November 2016

The Oxford University Press Story Competition
The theme for the 2017 Oxford University Press Story Competition is Journeys.
Entries can be submitted online until 20 November 2016

Readers’ Cup
The Readers’ Cup is a quiz-style competition that has grown in popularity around the GCC. Teams of students, selected by their schools, will compete to demonstrate their understanding of selected books by authors coming to the 2017 Festival.
To read the rules and register teams, click here.

'Qasidah Par Coeur' Competition
The 'Qasidah par Coeur' Competition is a performance-based poetry competition in which students perform poems in Arabic and English. 'Qasidah par Coeur' is not just a recitation, but rather a chance to demonstrate a more in-depth understanding of the chosen poems.
Schools can read the rules and register teams here.