The Award is worth one million two hundred thousand dirhams (AED 1,200,000), distributed as follows:
| Early Reader Category | AED 180,000 to be awarded as following:
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| Picture Book Category | AED 180,000 to be awarded as following:
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| Chapter Book Category | AED 180,000 to be awarded as following:
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| Young Adult’s Book Category | AED 180,000 to be awarded as following:
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| Comic Book Category | AED 180,000 to be awarded as following:
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| WARSHA | AED 300,000
Warsha is workshops programme for authors, illustrators, and publishers |
The award money will be paid once the UAEBBY receives the complimentary copies of the winning book.
The UAEBBY management will announce the winner within three months of the deadline for receiving entries, unless there are circumstances beyond the UAEBBY's control. Prior to the announcement of the winner, the UAEBBY will announce the shortlist. These announcements are made once the UAEBBY management endorses the decision of the judging panel. Since 2010, the winners of the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Books have been announced during the Sharjah International Book Fair.
