Future writers - Qatar Charity

Future writers

A program to discover students' talents in story writing in the values field through specialized training and competition among participants, reaching the final qualifiers. The program targets male and female students in the foundational and university stages, and people with disabilities — the deaf and blind.

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Stages

Schools Universities

Internal competition for schools

15-17/11/2026

An internal short story writing competition to select the finalists.

First stage

Primary Boys Girls : 24/11/2026

Preparatory Boys Girls : 25/11/2026

Secondary Boys Girls : 26/11/2026

It is implemented in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

Training forum

11-12/1/2027

Implemented in host schools.

Submitting the final draft

14-15/3/2027

An electronic copy via email + 2 hard copies sent to Qatar Charity’s headquarters in Lusail.

Confrontation with arbitration

Students of determination Boys Girls: 6/4/2027

Preparatory + Secondary Boys Girls : 7/4/2027

Primary Boys Girls : 8/4/2027

Implemented in host schools.

الأهداف

Discovering student and youth talents in the field of story writing.
Supporting young talents in the field of story writing.
Disseminating the meaningful human content of stories and enriching the Arab library.
Preserving the Arabic language in an enriching manner.

General story guidelines

The writing must be in classical Arabic.
The text must not be translated or quoted from any source.
The text must not be written by other people.
It must not have been previously published or participated in any other competition.
Stories must address topics related to the specified value and narrate the story with a positive plot and ending.
The word count for the university stage is 3000 words, secondary 2000 words, preparatory 1500 words, and 400 words for the primary stage.
Commitment to attending all stages of the program in preparation for the confrontation with arbitration.
Signing a no-objection form for printing the stories and allocating their proceeds to humanitarian projects.
The participant must not have won in a previous edition of the same academic stage.

Targets Types

Primary (grades 4 to 6).
Preparatory.
Secondary.
University.
People with disabilities (deaf and blind) in the previous educational stages.

Benefits for project winners

Incentive award.
Qatar Charity prints the winners' stories.
Launching stories at the Doha International Book Fair.
Publishing the winners' names in the media, newspapers and social media.
Press interviews in newspapers, Grass magazine, and other media channels.
Registering the names of the winners in the list of authors at the Qatari Authors Forum.
Cooperating with Qatar Charity and partners in literary and media work.

Submission criteria

The Topic
- The topic is compatible with the authentic customs of Qatari society.
- Clarity of the topic and purpose of the story.
- The endings should be optimistic and positive.
- The story’s topics must not contain negativity, call for racism, deal with political affairs, or contradict scientific or religious truth.
Story construction
- An unconventional, creative idea.
- Having clear personalities.
- Taking into account the temporal and spatial dimensions.
- Events are sequential, interconnected and escalating.
- The presence of a complex and unexpected results for the reader.
The Title
- The title and content of the story fit.
- Attractive title.
Style
- Aesthetic style and presentation of ideas.
- Persuasion.
The Language
- Use beautiful language in terms of words, structures and sentences.
- The integrity of the text from spelling and grammatical errors and taking into account the signs Numbering.