Lit & Found: Excerpt from Abbas Beydoun’s ‘Frankenstein’s Mirrors’
“In Frankenstein’s Mirrors, Abbas Baydoun presents a collection of autobiographical vignettes that reflect—and reflect on—moments both in and out of time.”
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Announcing: Judges, Submission Dates for the 2022 ArabLit Story Prize
The 2022 ArabLit Story Prize will open to submissions on March 31, 2022. This year, we have three distinguished judges who are jointly short-story authors, publishers, editors, and translators.
Sunday Submissions: AFAC Creative and Critical Writings Grant
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture is open for applications for their Creative and Critical Writings grant through April 1, 2022.
Anam Zafar Wins Inaugural ‘New Translator’s Bursary’ from Stinging Fly
Stinging Fly magazine today announced that Anam Zafar has been awarded their inaugural “New Translator’s Bursary,” and that her selected translation of Najat Abed Alsamad’s work – along with her note about the process – is now available on their website.
Sunday Submissions: Action Books Open Reading Period
US publisher Action Books is inviting submissions of poetry in translation through March 2022.
Novelist Ahmad Mohsen, Filmmaker Oualid Mouaness Win 2021 Khayrallah Prizes
“The US-based Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies yesterday announced the 2021 co-winners of the Khayrallah Prize. They were: Ahmad Mohsen for his novel السماء ليست معنا (Heaven is Not With Us), and Oualid Mouaness for his film1982. “
Sunday Submissions: ALQ’s Summer 2022 Issue
ALQ’s Summer 2022 issue with a focus on THE JOKE is open for submissions until April 15.
Music & More to Celebrate UK Publication Day of Moroccan Cult Classic
The complete translated short stories of innovative cult-classic Moroccan writer Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) — published earlier this month in the US — appears today in the UK, from Saqi Books.
Fatima Sharafeddine Makes Shortlist for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Organizers yesterday announced that prolific and celebrated Lebanese author Fatima Sharafeddine has made the six-author shortlist for the prestigious 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award.