The secretary of 4th National Epic Story Award festival said: Two calls for the National Epic Story Award festival were published in both men’s and women’s sections for short stories and novels, and in total, 889 works from 1024 authors have been submitted to festival secretariat.
According to Artmag.ir, Hossein Abbas Zadeh, on October 3, at press conference of 4th National Epic Story Award, stated: call for 4th National Epic Story Award started in 2024, and now conclusion of this event will be held on 6 October 2024 after a 3-month delay.
Txecutive secretary of 4th National Award for Epic Story continued: two calls for this festival were published in both men’s and women’s sections, for short stories and novels, and in total, 889 works from 1024 authors have been submitted to festival’s secretariat.
Abbas Zadeh, while explaining details of works received at festival secretariat, added: 704 works were received in short story section and 185 works were received in novel section, which shows good acceptance of writers from this festival.
He added: 121 female writers and 245 male writers participated in this festival. In addition, 30 works of 4 non-Iranian Farsi-speaking authors have reached secretariat.
Executive Secretary of 4th National Epic Story Award Festival stated: We received works from 28 provinces of country, and in this regard, Razavi Khorasan with 33 works, Tehran with 27 works and Isfahan with 22 works are in first to third place.
Abbas Zadeh said: Most of works received were from writers aged 35 to 45, and most of writers in this field have a bachelor’s degree.
He continued: 70% of submitted works were in short story section, most of which are related to religious and historical epics
Festival secretary of 4th National Epic Story Award said: 50 of submitted works have made it to second stage of judging, and 10 selected works will go to final stage.
He said: At end of this artistic event, three writers from short story and novel sections, and a total of 6 people, will be announced as chosen ones.
