This was prior to the establishment of the general secretariat so the foundation relied on significant support from the Cairo-based Modern Literature Association, chaired by Dr. Mohammad Abdulmunem Khafaji.
For the first meeting, the ceremony for the awarding of prizes was held at the Marriott hotel in Cairo under the auspices of the Egyptian Minister of Culture, Mr. Farouk Hosny.
The prizes were awarded as follows:- The prizegiving ceremony was held at the Opera House in Cairo under the auspices of the Egyptian Minister of Culture Mr. Farouq Hosni.
This meeting was named after the prominent Kuwaiti poet Ahmed Mishari Al-Adwani and the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi was chosen as the host for this ceremonial event, with which the U.A.E.
It hosted a large number of poets, writers, critics and others interested in the poetic movement from the Arab world This meeting was hosted in the Algerian capital, Algiers to celebrate the two Princes of Poetry; Abu Firas Al-Hamdani or Abu Firas Al-Jamadoma and Abdulqader Al-Jazaeri under the patronage of President Abdulaziz Boutefliqa, in cooperation and coordination with the Algerian Ministry of Communications and Culture and the Writers’ Union.
He was not under the spot lights of the large capitals as he lived in the eastern area of the Arab peninsula in a tumultuous period, which did not receive its due concern.
The foundation decided to convene this session in the Kingdom of Bahrain as it witnessed a new era of openness and democracy under the rule of King Hamad Bin Eisa Al-Khalifa.
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity approved naming this meeting after the renowned Andalusia poet Ahmed Ibn Zaydoun and decided to hold it in Cordoba, Spain between the 4th and 8 October 2004.
All the meeting's activities were carried out under the auspices of King Juan Carlos and his eldest daughter Princess Elena, who attended the opening ceremony.
The foundation had invited more than four hundred opinionated leaders, ministers, officials, specialized professors, critics, poets, intellectuals and media men belonging to different religions from the Arab world, Europe and America.
During a meeting held on 25/12/2006, the Board of Trustees decided to base the forthcoming session on one of the foundation's most important projects; Al-Babtain’s Encyclopaedia of Arab Poets in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
On 28 November, 2007, the chairman of the Board of Trustees issued a resolution to form the senior organising committee, under his chairmanship and the membership of a number of specialized persons.
This session bore the name of the two late poets, Khalil Mutran (Arabic) and Mohammad Ali/Mak Dizdar (Bosnian) in appreciation for their efforts in serving culture and literature.
The Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity organised the Mohammed Ben Laaboun Forum in Nabati poetry on 27–30 October 1997 in Kuwait.
The Board of Trustees took the decision to organise the meeting with the aim of shedding light on the unknown epoch of this country's history in its social, cultural and political aspects since the area was almost isolated from the outer world.
The Crown Prince and Prime Minister Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah welcomed the visitors and held a breakfast party at Al-Shaab Palace on Thursday 30 October 1997 for the chairman of the Board of Trustees and a number of the foundation's guests.