Malkhaz Kharbedia Literary Award
The annual literary prize named after Malkhaz Kharbedia was established by the socio-literary journal Arili and Agora Publishing House.
The prize is awarded to a Georgian author for the best publication in the genres of essay writing and literary criticism. Authors of articles published during the previous year are eligible to participate in the competition.
The jury, composed of representatives of the journal Arili and Agora Publishing House, will select the best work based on the following criteria:
- the cultural and scholarly significance of the topic addressed in the publication;
- in-depth analysis and thorough understanding of the issue; an original and innovative perspective.
The Malkhaz Kharbedia Literary Prize is awarded on 31 December.
Conditions of participation:
When submitting an application for the prize, the following conditions must be met:
- the submitted publication must be a literary essay or a critical article;
- the publication must have been published for the first time in the calendar year preceding the announcement of the competition.
To participate in the competition, the author of the publication or the editor of the journal in which the work was published must send the following to the jury:
a completed application form (the form can be downloaded from the following link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dNp_TwzgTO56AoA08gEqB2CPH_vlOJQ0/edit?pli ;
- the competition publication in electronic format (Word or PDF).
The Malkhaz Kharbedia Literary Prize amounts to 1,000 GEL and is awarded to the author of the publication.
Competition materials are accepted from 25 November to 10 December (inclusive) at the following email address: arilimag1994@gmail.com .
There is no limit to the number of applications submitted to the competition.
The prize laureate may participate in the competition again only after one year has passed.
The journal Arili and Agora Publishing House are open to cooperation with sponsors — publishers, private individuals, and other interested parties.
We wish you success!