"Harf" Launches Poetry Competition to Celebrate Saudi National Day, with Prizes Exceeding 200,000 Riyals

The initiative will accept submissions and public voting until midnight on September 23, with the winners’ names to be announced and prizes distributed on September 24.

Ali Al-Harbi, the general supervisor of the competition, explained that the initiative is an extension of the private sector’s role in supporting talents and enriching the poetic and literary scene, highlighting poetic creativity on a national occasion in a way that reflects feelings of belonging and pride in national identity.

Al-Harbi added that the diversity of cultural initiatives contributes to discovering talents and broadening community participation in literary activities, pointing to the development witnessed in the Kingdom’s cultural sector, driven by the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and its specialized bodies in supporting various fields of creativity.

The competition’s results are based on public voting, with each person allowed to vote once for the participating poems via the “Harf” website and its official application.