Organizer of the competition: Women's Council of the Western Azerbaijan Community
Author of the idea of the competition: Chairperson of the Women's Council, deputy of the Milli Majlis Malahat Ibrahimgizi
Partners of the competition:
Institute of Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan;
Union of Writers of Azerbaijan.
Media support of the competition:
West Azerbaijan TV
"Edabiyyat" newspaper;
"Modernaz" Information Agency.
Conditions of the competition:
The motives and plots of the stories must reflect the atrocities, crimes, deportations and ethnic cleansing committed by Armenian vandals against our compatriots in Western Azerbaijan, and the memories of the homeland and homeland that remain in their memories, as well as the heroism they showed in the fight against Armenian nationalists. The life stories of witnesses and historical figures who were born in Western Azerbaijan, lived there and had constant contact there can also be the plots of the stories.
The deadline for submitting stories to the West Azerbaijan Community is August 15, 2025.
Age limit for participating in the competition: Writers over 18 years old can participate in the competition
The submitted story must not have been published in any press outlet before.
Stories must meet the following criteria:
Must be in Azerbaijani and in "Word" format;
Must be in A4 format, Arial 12 font;
Blank space - 2 cm on each side;
Line spacing - 1.15 cm;
Paragraph - 1.25 cm;
The information of the story author must be listed sequentially at the end of the file:
Surname, first name, patronymic;
Date of birth;
Contact number and e-mail address,
Stories must be sent by e-mail to hekaye@westaz.org under the title "Manifest of a Nation".
The stories submitted during the competition will be published on the “Literature Newspaper” and “Modern.az” websites by the end of 2025 after being selected by the jury.
The winning stories of the competition will be translated into English after the competition ends and will be published as a book in the future.
The works submitted to the competition will be reviewed by a jury of renowned experts after August 15, 2025, and the results will be presented to the organizers. The final results will be announced to the public on December 23-24, 2025.
Competition prizes: As a result of the competition, the authors of 10 stories will be declared the winners of the competition and will be awarded with money.
First place, awarded to 1 person - 2000 AZN
Second place, awarded to 2 people, each author - 1500 AZN
Third place, awarded to 3 people, each author - 1000 AZN
Incentive prize, awarded to 4 people, each author - 500 AZN
“Manifesto of One Nation”
Composition of the jury of the I All-Republican Story Competition on the theme of Western Azerbaijan Composition of the jury of the I All-Republican Story Competition “Manifesto of One Nation”
1. Aziz Alakbarli - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Azerbaijan Community, deputy of the Milli Majlis
2. Malahat Ibrahimgizi - Chairman of the Women's Council of the West Azerbaijan Community, deputy of the Milli Majlis - (author of the project)
3. Anar - Chairman of the Writers' Union, People's Writer
4. Isa Habibbeyli - President of ANAS, academician
5. Mahira Huseynova - Member of the Board of Directors of the West Azerbaijan Community, Vice-Rector of APU, Professor, Poet
6. Nizami Jafarov - Academician, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Intellectuals of the West Azerbaijan Community, Director of the Ataturk Center.
7. Elnara Akimova - Member of the Milli Majlis, Head of Department at the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature of ANAS, Doctor of Philology, Critic-Literary Scholar.
8. Musa Urud - Member of the Writers' Union, Member of the Milli Majlis
9. Hikmet Babaoglu - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Azerbaijan Community, Member of the Milli Majlis
10. Tanzila Rustamkhanli - Member of the Women's Council of the West Azerbaijan Community, Chairperson of the Azerbaijan Turkish House and the Azerbaijan Turkish Women's Union, Member of the Milli Majlis
11. Sabina Salmanova - Member of the Initiative Group of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Return to West Azerbaijan, Member of the Milli Majlis
12. Azer Turan - Editor-in-Chief of "Adebiyyat Qazeti", Doctor of Philosophy in Philology
13. Telli Panahgizi - Deputy Chairman of the Women's Council of the West Azerbaijan Community, Member of the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Honored Cultural Worker, Poet, Publicist, Prose Writer
14. Sona Abbasaligizi - Member of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan, Presidential Scholar, Representative of the Eurasian Federation of Arts, Culture and Literature for the Caucasus and Central Asia representative
15. Elshad Eyvazli – Chairman of the “Modern.az” Information Agency, partner media
