Content writer wins Montegrappa prize

A journalist-turned-content writer with a Dubai-based public relations firm won the Montegrappa Writing Prize at the Emirates Literature Festival. UK citizen of South African origin Stacey Siebritz inched closer to getting her first book published by winning the prize that carries a limited edition luxury pen worth Dh15,000 from Montegrappa which she can design by herself. The prize includes several individual sessions with UK literary agent Luigi Bonomi who has launched the careers of many bestselling authors and a two-night stay at a five star hotel in Dubai.