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(LONDON) From 2017, the
system by which publishers submit books for the International Prize for Arabic
Fiction (IPAF) is going to change. IPAF’s board of Trustees have decided to
update this system in view of the Prize’s expansion over the last ten years.
The new system is a means
of maintaining fairness, and of ensuring continued eligibility for every
publisher to submit novels for consideration. The new system also enables the
Prize to better fulfil its aim to reward excellence in contemporary Arabic
creative writing.
From the 2018 Prize year
onwards, IPAF is introducing a new quota system. The number of books a
publisher can submit will depend on that publisher’s inclusion in longlists
over the previous five years, as follows:
·
1 submission – publishers
with no listing
·
2 submissions – publishers
with 1 or 2 longlisting(s)
·
3 submissions – publishers
with 3 or 4 longlistings
·
4 submissions – publishers
with 5 or more longlistings
This means that the number
of submissions for each publisher may change year on year.
The rule which allows
additional submission of any new title by an author who has previously been
shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction remains. The judges
may also still call in any book which has not been submitted but which they believe
worthy of consideration.
Chair of trustees Yasir
Suleiman (CBE) comments on behalf of the IPAF board of trustees: “Fairness and excellence are at the heart of this change in
IPAF rules. The new rules will allow for breadth with depth in submissions, and
they will do so in a manner that builds on the outstanding success of the Prize
in promoting Arabic fiction in the original and in translation.”
For more
information, contact Four Colman Getty:
Rosie Beaumont-Thomas – rosie.beaumont-thomas@fourcolmangetty.com / +44 (0) 20 3697 4330
Nisha Emich – Nisha.Emich@fourcolmangetty.com
/ +44 20 3697 4259
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