National literary competitions of the month of May

Here we are again one more day with one of the most common entries on our website Actualidad Literatura. It's about 4 national literary contests of the month of May. Take a good look at the bases that we summarize here to be able to participate in each of them and as I always tell you in each of these articles, if you participate, good luck!

Literary Contest «El Fungible» 2016 (Spain)

• Genre: Short story and novel
• Prize: 9.000 euros and edition
• Open to: over 15 years
• Organizing entity: Alcobendas City Council
• Country of the convening entity: Spain
• Closing date: 06/05/2016

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• Alcobendas City Council announces the Literary Contest "The Fungible" with the aim of stimulating the literary creativity of Spanish-speaking authors around the world. It will be made up of two categories:
  XXV Young Story Contest and VIII Short Novel Contest.

• Participation in Young Story: All young people from 15 to 35 years old with original and unpublished works that have not been awarded, nor fully or partially published, may attend the XXV Young Story Contest. free theme, written in Spanish and with a minimum length of 3 and a maximum of 10 DIN A-4 size pages, double-spaced, with 11-point 'Arial' font and written on one side.
• Short Novel Participation: All people over 18 years of age with original and unpublished works that have not been awarded, nor fully or partially published, may attend the VIII Short Novel Contest. The works will be free theme, written in Spanish and with a minimum length 45 and maximum 90 pages DIN A4 size, double-spaced, with letter 'Arial' with 11 body points and written on one side.
• The works, which may not bear any signature or sign that reveals their origin, must be sent (in the case of sending by ordinary mail) stating on the outside of the envelope the modality for which it is competed: Story or Novel. The shipment must be accompanied by another sealed envelope, on the outside of which appears exclusively the title of the story and inside, the participant's data: name, surname, address, telephone number, ID, date of birth and email address.

• Papers may also be sent via email. In this case, it must be sent by means of a single copy of the work, in pdf format, in a message to the address elfungible@aytoalcobendas.org, in which 'Subject' appears exclusively the modality and the title of the work. The participant must also send, and for each work, a graphic personal identification document, attaching a file, always in pdf, that will have the name of the word "Escrow" plus the title of the work, and that will include personal and Author's contact: name, surname, date of birth, telephone and email address In the case of minors, a statement signed by their parents or guardians must be attached, indicating their personal data and authorizing the minor's participation in the contest.
• The following prizes are established, which may not compete in the same person:Best Short Story Award: 2.500 euros.
  Best Novel Award: 9.000 euros.
  Second prize to the Finalist Story: 1.000 euros.
  Second prize to the Finalist Novel: 3.000 euros.
• All the awarded works, as well as the finalist work by category, will be published in a book published by the Alcobendas City Council. The authors of the same assign to the City Council, exclusively and with the power to assign to third parties, for the whole world and during the maximum legal term established, the rights of reproduction, distribution and translation into all languages ​​of the stories, in format of book, in any of the publishing modalities. The City Council may carry out as many editions as it decides, with a minimum of 1.000 and a maximum of 100.000 copies each. In the case of the winners and finalists, the amount of the prizes will be considered as compensation for the transfer of rights made and will be subject to the tax withholdings established by law.
• A maximum of two works per author. Winners of previous editions of the contest will not attend this contest.
• El Deadline ends on May 6, 2016 at 21:XNUMX p.m.. The works that arrive after this time and date will be considered after the deadline, regardless of the way they are sent and the date of the same. The organization will not correspond with the authors or return originals.
• The jury will be made up of two reputable writers. Its composition will not be made public until the same day the award is granted.
• El jury ruling It will be final and will be made public in September 2016, reserving the organizing entity the right to modify that date at its convenience.

IX Young Award for short story Ateneo Navarro (Spain)

• Genre: Story
• Prize: 1.500 euros
• Open to: From 16 to 35 years old. No restrictions by nationality or residence
• Organizing entity: El Corte Inglés and Ateneo Navarro, the Pamplona City Council collaborates
• Country of the convening entity: Spain
• Closing date: 08/05/2016

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• I will participate any writer, new or experienced, with a single work that must be written in Spanish or Basque, not having been previously published or awarded in other competitions or in last year's edition of this competition. The minimum age of participants will be 16 years and the maximum 35.

• The works must be written to a computer, with 1.5 spacing, in a standard font, size 12 on one side only and they will be free themed, and may not have an extension of less than five pages or more than ten.

• The works must go signed under a pseudonym on the last page of the document. The name of the contest should be cited on the outside of the envelope, but there should be no information about the author. The works may be submitted: Via email through email: ateneo@ateneonavarro.es. In it, two files must be attached: the work with the story signed with the pseudonym and another with the author's data (name and surname, date of birth, address, telephone, e-mail and photocopy of ID or passport). In the event that the participant is a native or resident of Navarra, they must indicate it in the subject of the message to additionally qualify for the category of Best Navarrese Story. Physical format: Three copies of the job (each stapled) will be placed in a large envelope. In this, another smaller envelope (closed) will be attached with the author's data (name and surname, date of birth, address, telephone, e-mail and photocopy of ID or passport) and will be delivered to: El Corte Inglés de Pamplona : C / Estella, 9, 5th Floor (bookstore) from Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 22 pm. Ateneo Navarro / Nafar Ateneoa: Avenida de Barañáin, nº 10-1º A, 31008 Pamplona (Navarra).
• El delivery term of the works will end on May 8, 2016.
• The competition organization reserves the right to publish the finalist works in future anthologies in both physical and digital format.
• The presence of the winners or designated persons at the awards ceremony is essential in order to receive them.

• Awards:
  1st prize: 1.500 euros.
  2nd prize: 500 euros.
  Navarro Best Short Story Award: Publication of his work.

XXV Villa de Grazalema Literary Contest

• Genre: Poetry
• Prize: € 500 and edition
• Open to: no restrictions
• Organizing entity: Grazalema City Council
• Country of the convening entity: Spain
• Closing date: 12/05/2016

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• A single Spanish modality: Poetry. With a single category. All unpublished works, free of measure and rhyme, with a minimum length of one hundred verses in a single poem, and whose theme revolves around Grazalema and its surroundings, will be able to attend.
• Shipping mode: The works will be sent both in hard copy and by email. The first will be sent, in a single copy, to the following address: Grazalema Town Hall.
  Delegation of Culture.
  XXV Villa de Grazalema Literary Contest.
  Plaza de España, 1. 11610 Grazalema (Cádiz). will be stapled but not bound. The works must not bear any indication of the identity of their author, who will use a slogan or pseudonym and the corresponding sealed escrow will be included in the envelope, with the name, address, NIF and telephone numbers of the contestant, as well as sworn statement that the submitted work is original and unpublished. The title of the work and the motto used will be specified on the outside of the escrow.

  La electronic copy will be sent to: cultura.grazalema@dipucadiz.es indicating in the matter "XXV Villa de Grazalema Literary Contest". The work will be inserted in a PDF attachment. The title and motto of the work must be indicated in the mail.

• The works Both the paper and electronic copy must be sent before May 13, 2016.
• A only award, which is endowed with 500,00 € and the publication of the work.
• The Jury may declare the award void, as well as establish a second prize, if it deems it appropriate, due to the quality of the competing works. The second prize that will not be financially endowed may be published, with the prior consent of the author.
• The composition of the Jury will not be known until after the decision of the Contest, which will be verified as of June 15, 2016
• The award ceremony will take place in a significant event, which will be announced in due course, the presence of the author being essential at said event.

Novel Award Café Gijón 2016 (Spain)

• Genre: Novela
• Prize: € 20.000
• Open to: No restrictions
• Organizing entity: Gijón City Council
• Country of the convening entity: Spain
• Closing date: 15/05/2016

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• They will be able to choose "Café Gijón Novel Award" unpublished novels written in the Spanish language that have not previously been awarded in any other competition. The author is responsible for the authorship and originality of the novel presented for the Prize, as well as for not being a copy or modification of someone else's work.
• The works must have a minimum extension de 150 pages (approximately 2.100 spaces / page, DIN A 4 size).
• The presentation of originals can be done in two ways:to) Via Internet, filling in the corresponding form at the Virtual Office of the Gijón / Xixón City Council (http://www.gijon.es/cafegijon/) and attaching the original in electronic format (pdf, doc, txt or rtf). Once the telematic form has been sent, the Virtual Office returns a supporting document, with the date and time of presentation.Those contestants who send their novel through the Internet and participate under a pseudonym, must also send by post, an escrow in a sealed envelope , with the pseudonym and title on the outside and with the identifying data (name, surname, address and telephone number) inside, at the address below.

  b) By post: the novel printed in duplicate will be sent, indicating on the outside of the package "Café Gijón Novel Award", to the following address:

  Municipal Foundation of Culture, Education and Popular University of the City Council of Gijón / Xixón
  c / Jovellanos, 21
  33201 Gijón / Xixón – Asturias

• The originals must include the name and surname of the author, as well as the address of his home and telephone. It can also be entered under a pseudonym, in which case the corresponding closed escrow will be included, with the name, surnames, address and telephone number of its author, as well as the title of the work, and on the outside, the pseudonym. used and the title of the work.
• The period of admission of originals ends on May 15, 2016, admitting however, those that have been killed-sealed by the Post Office that same day.
• The Jury, made up of relevant personalities from the world of literature, will be appointed by the Gijón / Xixón City Council. The composition of the same will be announced on the occasion of the ruling, which will be made public in September 2016 in the premises of Café Gijón itself. Your decision will be final. The organizer of the award reserves the right to make public or not, the titles and authors of the finalist novels.
• For the award of the "Café Gijón Novel Prize", the elimination procedure by secret ballot will be used. Each of the members of the Jury must choose, in the first of them, as many works as members of it. In the second ballot, each of the members will elect one less than in the previous ones and so on; for the elimination in each vote of one of the works, the awarding of the Prize will be reached in the last round. In the event that two or more works obtain the same number of votes, the secondary votes necessary for the tiebreaker will be held.
• La The amount of the "Café Gijón Novel Prize" is set at € 20.000, contributed by the Gijón / Xixón City Council. This amount will not imply in any case the transfer or limitation of the property rights of the awarded work, including those derived from intellectual property.

Source: writers.org