The 2014 editions of the Taaleem Poetry Award and Oxford University Press Story Writing Competition will be open to entries on Sunday 26 May 2013. Teams may begin registering for the Chevron Readers' Cup from Sunday 1 September 2013.

Taaleem Poetry Award

The title of the 2013 Taaleem Poetry Award was Hero or Villain?

The winners of the 2013 competition, and downloadable copies of the winning poems, can be found here.

The Oxford University Press Story Writing Competition

The title of the 2013 Oxford University Press Story Writing Competition was Seeking the Truth.

The winners of the 2013 competition, and downloadable copies of the winning stories, can be found here.

Readers’ Cup

Registration of teams for the 2013 Readers' Cup is now closed.

Details of the winning teams can be found here.

The Montegrappa First Fiction Competition

The Montegrappa First Fiction Competition was a new addition to the 2013 Festival. Adults who have written (or are currently writing) a novel can win the chance to have lunch with literary agent Luigi Bonomi at London Book Fair 2013, by submitting a synopsis and the first five pages of the novel.

The winner of the 2013 Montegrappa First Fiction Competition was Annabel Kantaria, with her synopsis for the novel The Marmalade Murders. Information about the winning entries can be found here.

Note: These are the English versions of the competitions. To make an entry in Arabic, click here.