Rules and Conditions

1. The prize is awarded annually

2. Entries should be published translations of full-length works of imaginative and creative writing of literary merit and general interest, published in the original Arabic no more than 35 years preceding its submission for the prize

3. Entries must have been first published in English translation in the year prior to the award

4. Entries can have been published in English anywhere in the world but must be available for purchase in the United Kingdom via a distributor or on-line.

5. Entries can be by one or more translators

6. Entries can only be submitted by a publisher

7. There is no limit on the number of submissions made by a publisher

8. Five copies of the translation and three copies of the original work should be submitted

9. The closing date for entries for 2013 is 28 February 2013

10. The judges can call in elegible titles that missed being entered by the publisher

For any queries and further information, please email: info@banipaltrust.org.uk

Entries should be sent to:

Paula Johnson
Awards Secretary
The Society of Authors
84 Drayton Gardens
LONDON SW10 9SB
UK