Dear authors,
Please study carefullyRegulations on the award. Please sign up. Write your new novels, send one and compete for a wonderful award provided by our sponsor. But first, read about the idea of the award itself. Read Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov's and Pavel Bannikov's texts, specially written for the participants. He was the very first to support us Bakhyt Kenzheyev, very respected poet and prose writer. Also, together with several writers, we were supported by our great landsman Marat Bisengaliyev.
Chronology of the project
- In 2003 - idea of the project
- 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017 - negotiations with various large businessmen
- In August 2021 - the team was created, work on the project began
- December 21, 2021 - the official start of the project
- Until May 10, applications are being collected with the works of the authors on the website mecenat.kz. The works are uploaded by the participants to the project server in a single file in Word format. All the requirements for the tests are in the Regulations on the award
- On May 11, readers get to work - proofreading and preliminary screening of the applications violating the Regulations on the competition.
- On May 20, all the authors' works approved by the readers are posted on the mecenat.kz website in public access to launch Readers' voting.
- Readers give only 1 vote. Only signed up users of the website who have confirmed their Kazakh citizenship via SMS vote.
- June 16-20 - announcement of the winner. A life insurance company owned by the Sponsor enters into the Contract of annuity with the winning writer. Round table of the winner and authors of the top 20 works with publishers, TV and film producers.
