Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Dubai Culture, has announced that applications are now closed for its ‘Best Script Award’, which was launched earlier in August as part of the Dubai programme for Youth Theatre 2017-2018. The authority received a total of 29 scripts within just a month under the competition’s ‘Year of Giving 2017’ theme.

Commenting on the announcement, Fatma Al Jallaf, Manager of Theatre Section at Dubai Culture, said, "The aim of this award is to encourage people who are interested in creative script writing and nurture a new wave of authors in the Emirati theatre sector. The competition focuses on developing skills that will allow participants to present high quality scripts in the theatrical field. We are delighted to have received 29 exciting scripts in just one month since we officially launched the competition."

Dubai Culture launched the competition as part of the Dubai programme for Youth Theatre 2017, which represents the 11th successful edition of the festival. The winner of the competition will be honoured with a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform their script into a play that will be presented at the National Day celebrations this year.

The ‘#Year of Giving’ theme for the competition was chosen to support the government’s 2017 directives to make the UAE a world leader in charitable and humanitarian action. The competition provides the opportunity for authors to express their ideas and transform the scripts into plays that have the potential to earn them their name in the theatre sector.