Placed under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Prize, which is supervised by ICESCO’s Arabic Language Centre for Non-Arabic Speakers, is part of the Organization’s programs celebrating ''the Year of Women'', a statement read.

The Award aims to promote women’s poetry in classical Arabic (fus’hâ) and revitalize its positive role in promoting cultural interaction and human communication, the Organization noted.

It also aims to enrich the Arab library and the poetic scene with a plethora of quality women’s poems, dealing with women, their concerns, hopes, and aspirations.

The goal is also to consolidate the presence of creative women poets in the Arab literary spheres and allow them to compete and make known their achievements and roles in promoting society through literature, the same source added.

A jury composed of ICESCO specialists and renowned poets will evaluate the poems to select three winners who will receive an award of US$ 2.000, US$ 1.500, and US$ 1.000, respectively.

The poems must be sent to ICESCO in "Word" or “Pdf” format along with the candidate's CV, before July 30th, 2021, to this email address: [email protected]. The names of the winners will be announced through the ICESCO website and official letters to the winners.