National literary competitions for the month of March

National literary competitions for the month of March

It's already March 1! We have a new monthly calendar, and since I have been writing to you at the beginning of each new month, I bring you another article on literary competitions, this time, national literary competitions for the month of March. Remember that these are the ones that are made in Spain (but regardless of this, in some cases anyone of any nationality can appear, so take a good look at the rules) ... Tomorrow, March 2, Wednesday, I will present the article referring to the international competitions.

Without further ado, I leave you with it.

XIII Literary Contest of the Clara Campoamor Association

  • Genre: Story
  • Prize: 300 euros and plaque
  • Open to: national level
  • Organizing entity: "Clara Campoamor" Association
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 04/03/2016

Base

  • The works will be presented in the modalities of story or short story.
  • El theme will spirit and at the national level.
  • The works presented will be original and unpublished. The extension will be a minimum of two pages and a maximum of six, typed or computerized on one side and double spaced.
  • The award will be endowed with the amount of $300 and plaque of the Association.
  • Those who have won the previous contests will not be able to participate.
  • The works will be presented unsigned. The title or a pseudonym will be written on the first page and in a sealed envelope with the same title or pseudonym, the author's data will be included.
  • The works will be presented in quadruplicate and will be sent to the headquarters of the Association: Alameda Moreno de Guerra, nº 6, Bajo Right. 11.100 San Fernando (Cádiz).
  • The deadline for admission will be from January 11 to March 4, 2016. Admitting those that appear on the postmark a date prior to it.
  • The jury will be made up of people linked to the world of literature and their identities will be kept secret.
  • The works received will not be returned and will be destroyed two months after the jury's decision.
  • The jury's decision will be announced by phone to the winner and their work will be published on our website.  http://claracampoamor.wordpress.com/
  • The award may be void at the discretion of the jury.
  • The award will be delivered in the month of May, making the exact date known through the media and on the website of this Association.

HP Lovecraft Short Story Contest

  • Genre: Story
  • Prize: Voucher in literary material
  • Open to: of legal age
  • Organizing entity: La Mano Film Festival
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 05/03/2016

Base

The HP Lovecraft Monographic Day carried out by the La Mano Festival, through the Invisible Cinema Cultural Association in collaboration with the Alcobendas Mediatecas, organizes for the first time the HP Lovecraft Short Story Contest. It will take place on Saturday, March 12, as part of the activities scheduled for the celebration of HP Lovecraft Day in Alcobendas.

  • Objective: Promote original and artistic quality works about the literary fantasy world of HP Lovecraft.
  • Participants: Anyone of legal age.
  • Topic: The stories presented must have a theme based or inspired by the myths and works of HP Lovecraft.
  • Registration: Those interested in participating will have to send their work in .pdf format to the email address info@lamanofest.com.
  • Requirements:- Each participant can send at most two works.

    - The typography used will be Times New Roman, 12pt, in a maximum of 5 sheets.

    - It is essential that the story conform to the chosen topic (you will indicate your name and mobile phone number in the email sent)

    - The deadline for sending the works will be March 5 inclusive.

  • Selection: Participants will be informed of their selection via email, if they are not selected they will also be informed.
  • Jury: The jury will be made up of a writer, a representative of Mediatecas Alcobendas and a representative of the Lovecraft Day organization. The jury will assess the technique, originality, concordance with the theme and artistic quality. The jury's decision will be final and the award may be void.
  • Awards:- First prize: voucher in literary material. The award will be delivered at the same place where the contest was held, at the end of the contest. The exact amount will be published in the next few days.
  • Copyright: Each participant will be responsible for the authorship and originality of the story presented. The author assigns the communication, reproduction and dissemination rights to the Invisible Cinema Cultural Association to carry out the promotion and dissemination of the non-profit competition.
  • Acceptance of the bases: The fact of participating in this contest implies full acceptance of the content of these bases. For any questions you can send an email to info@lamanofest.com

VI Yolanda Sáenz de Tejada International Poetry Contest

  • Genre: Poetry
  • Prize: 1.500 euros
  • Open to: no restrictions
  • Organizing entity: El Bonillo City Council (Albacete)
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 10/03/2015

Base

  • All national and foreign poets who wish, with poems written in Spanish, original and unpublished, not awarded in any other contest. Each author may only submit one work to the contest (if he submits more than one, he will be disqualified).
  • Extension: A poem or set of poems with a common theme will be presented with an extension of between 30 and 50 verses.
  • Topic: Authors are free to choose topic and metric.
  • Admission period: Hasta el 10 March 2016
  • The original will be sent exclusively by email to poems2016.elbonillo@gmail.com
  • Those sent by ordinary mail or fax will not be accepted. Two files will be sent in the email: the first with the poem and the second in which the name of the author, literary curriculum and contact telephone number (preferably mobile) must appear.
  • Awards: First prize: 1.500 euros - 2nd prize: 800 euros - 3rd prize: 600 euros.
  • La awards It will be held in El Bonillo (Albacete), on Saturday April 23, 2016, coinciding with "Book Day", where a literary Gala will be held and the names of the winners will be made public. To make the payment of the prizes effective, it will be essential that the winners attend said gala to read their work.
  • The awarded authors will be notified by telephone between March 28 and 31, 2016
  • Source: yolandasaenzdetejada.com

A Farixa International Short Story Competition 2016

  • Genre: Story
  • Prize: € 1.000 and diploma
  • Open to: no restrictions
  • Organizing entity: CIFP A Farixa
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 13/03/2016

Base

  • The short story contest will have two categories:to. Free and open to participation, with theme also free. The work may be written in Galician or Spanish.

    b. Specific for students of any of the vocational training cycles taught in centers of the Autonomous Community of Galicia. The works must be written in Galician.

  • Those stories that are simultaneously registered in the two categories will be eliminated from the contest.
  • La maximum extension of the story will be 5 sheets of A4 size. Each page will have between 25 and 30 lines with a 12 point Garamond font and 1,5 spacing. The margins must be 2,5 centimeters on both sides.
  • Originals that contain spelling or grammatical errors will not be accepted.
  • They will be able to present a maximum of two works per participant.
  • The works will be unpublished and cannot have been awarded, with the same or another title, in any other contest.
  • The author, by submitting the story to the contest, affirms that the work is original and his property and, consequently, he is responsible regarding its intellectual and patrimonial ownership before any action for claim or other claim that in that sense may ensue.
  • To facilitate and promote participation, the only channel for receiving the stories is to be presented through the form that will be published for this purpose in the of fi cial website www.farixa.es and in which each participant will have to send two attached documents in pdf format:to. The first, whose file name will be the title of the story and will contain the text of the work headed by its title.

    b. The second, whose name will be the title of the story plus the word "PLICA" and will contain the
    title of the story and identification of the author, with full name and two surnames, address, telephone numbers, email and in the case of the specific category of Training Cycles, the name of the center in which it is enrolled will be indicated.

  • El deadline for submission of stories It will be from midnight on February 0, 21 to midnight on March 2016, 24. Any work received outside the established deadline will not be admitted to the competition.
  • The jury will act with the maximum freedom and discretion and will have, in addition to the normal faculties to discern the winner and issue the decision or declare it void according to its criteria, as well as to interpret the present bases. The jury's decision will be final.
  • Awards:a. Two prizes are established for the free category:
    I. Winner. For a value of € 1.000 and diploma.
    II. Finalist. For a value of € 500 and diploma.

    b. In the Vocational Training category:
    I. Winner. An Ipad Air2 (128Gb) and diploma.

  • All the selected stories will be made available to the organization that will publish the winners and finalists in electronic edition on its website. The fact of participating in this contest implies the transfer of copyright for the potential written edition of the winning works.

And as I always tell you at the end of these articles: Good luck if you show up!

Source: writers.org


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