National literary competitions for the month of August

National literary competitions of the month of August

Well, since we are about to enter the summer month of July, we come like every month with these national literary contests, this time the corresponding ones to end in August. As I always indicate in this type of article, read the participation rules well and if you decide to try your luck in any of them, may you do very well and may your literary quality be rewarded.

This time we bring you 4 national literary contests.

IX "Federico Muelas" Poetry Prize

  • Genre: Poetry
  • Prize: € 1.500
  • Open to: no restrictions by nationality or residence
  • Organizing entity: Cuenca City Council
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 01/08/2016

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  • All participants who send their collection of poems in Spanish language. The works must be original and unpublished, not having been previously published or disclosed in any medium.
  • The works will have a minimum length of 300 verses and the subject will be free. Only one original per author will be accepted. Award-winning books will not be accepted in other contests.
  • The originals, under motto or pseudonym, will be sent only by email. Will be shipped two files in the same runor to the address Premiopoesiafedericomuelas@cuenca.es with the mention in the affair de IX "Federico Muelas" Poetry Prize. One of the files will correspond to the work and must be nominated with the chosen motto or pseudonym; and the other with the escrow that will be called "escrow of [indicate the chosen motto or pseudonym]" in which the following information must appear exclusively: name and surname, nationality, address, telephone number, email account, a short biography of the author with relation to the awards received and a sworn statement assuring that the collection of poems has not been awarded in any other contest and its unpublished nature. If it is awarded in another contest before its resolution, they must notify the Department of Culture so that the work is withdrawn from this award.
  • El admission period of originals ends August 1, 2016.
  • El prize is endowed with $1.500 (to which the corresponding tax withholding will be applied). The jury may declare the award void if it considers that there is no work of sufficient literary quality. The winner will not earn copyright.
  • The winning work will remain the property of the Cuenca City Council, which reserves the rights to the 1st edition of the winning work, within the year following the ruling.

X Malaga Novel Prize 2016

  • Genre: Novel
  • Prize: € 18.000 and edition
  • Open to: no restrictions by nationality or residence
  • Organizing entity: Malaga City Council and the José Manuel Lara Foundation
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 02/08/2016

Base

  • They will be eligible for this award unpublished novels written in Spanish language that have not previously been awarded in any other contest. The author of the novel will guarantee the authorship and originality of the work presented, as well as not having the publishing rights on it committed to third parties.
  • They will be able to compete for this award all writers, whatever their nationality, whose novels meet the requirements established in the previous point.
  • The amount of the prize will be $18.000 for a single winner, it being understood that said economic endowment of the prize supplements the advance of the author's rights in the first edition of the book. The winning novel will be published and distributed by the José Manuel Lara Foundation, that for one year from the awarding of the prize, it will have the right of preferential option for the subscription of the publishing contract of the winning novel, the author of the same signing the corresponding contract with said publishing firm.
  • The novels will be presented, preferably, through the website municipal dedicated to the literary awards of the Area of ​​Culture whose address is http://premiosliterarios.cultura.malaga.eu. On this page the application will be completed and the following files will be attached:

yet file in .pdf format that contains the written novel a double space using Arial letter size 12 and with a minimum length of 160 and a maximum of 300 pages. The first page of the work will reproduce its original title in capital letters and the name and surname of the author. The presentation of a single original by each author will be admitted.

b) DNI or NIE: Passport Number fully scanned in any of the following formats: .pdf, .jpg, .png, or .gif. Through this document, the identity of the applicant will be provisionally accredited until the Jury's decision.

  • Once the Jury's decision has been issued, if the awarded author is not a Spanish national and / or is not a tax resident in Spain, they will have to provide the residence certificate issued by the tax authority of their country in order to avoid international double taxation in matter of tax withholdings.

XXVI Fray Luis de León Poetry Prize

  • Genre: Poetry
  • Prize: € 1.000
  • Open to: no restrictions by nationality or residence
  • Organizing entity: Madrigal de las Altas Torres City Council
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 05/08/2016

Base

  • They may compete for the award all the poets who want it, as long as they do in Castilian, with original and unpublished works, and have not obtained a First Prize in any previous call.
  • A First Prize of € 1.000 which will be awarded to the best Madrigal who, in the opinion of the qualifying jury, is the creditor, and a Second Prize of € 800.
  • Each participant may present a maximum of three madrigals, in a different envelope, with a different motto and escrow, typewritten, double-spaced and quintuplicated.
  • La extent of originals it will be the one that the author considers that most closely approximates the poetic composition of the madrigal, leaving the author absolute freedom of form.
  • The works must be sent by mail to the Hon. City Council of Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Ávila), stating in the about: For the Fray Luis de León Poetry Prize. The presentation of originals will end on August 5, 2016 at 14:00 p.m.
  • The jury will be made up of relevant personalities from the world of culture.
  • The qualifying jury, in view of the originals, may grant special mentions and, if it deems it appropriate, may declare the award void.
  • The award-winning poets undertake to personally receive the award at a cultural event organized by the Madrigal de las Altas Torres City Council, to which they will be summoned and invited well in advance. It is understood that the winners renounce the prize money if they do not attend said event. If they had just cause, they will indicate an ideal date to receive the award in another cultural event.

XXIV Prose Contest Los Molinos City Council 2016

  • Genre: Story
  • Prize: € 250
  • Open to: over 18 years
  • Organizing entity: Los Molinos Town Council
  • Country of the convening entity: Spain
  • Closing date: 12/08/2016

Base

  • They will be able to participate all those people who want it, whatever their nationality and artistic tendency, 18 over years.
  • Free Theme: Short Story of Humor. The story must be original (not plagiarized) and unpublished. A single Story per author.
  • In a large, sealed envelope, with the indication of "XXIV CONTEST OF PROSE EXCMO. LOS MOLINOS CITY COUNCIL. 2016 " will be presented: - An original copy of the story written in Spanish, typed, in DIN A-4 format, or similar, with a maximum length of 8 pages and without signature, and which will include a motto or password. A maximum of one story per participant will be presented.

    - Along with the work, the following documentation will be attached in a sealed envelope, on the outside of which the pseudonym will be repeated:
    Author's personal data: (Name and surname, address, email and telephone number)
    Photocopy of ID or passport.

  • The works will be presented or sent by certified mail to the Department of Culture. Los Molinos Town Hall, Plaza España, Nº 1, CP 28460 Los Molinos, Madrid, until August 12, 2016, from Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 14:30 p.m., through the General Registry, in the offices of the City Council . Shipping costs will be borne by the participants.
  • The Jury will award a single prize of € 250, which will be subject, where appropriate, to the corresponding tax withholdings. The awards ceremony will take place during the Proclamation of the Festivities, the presence of the winner is mandatory, or an authorized person instead.

Source: writers.org


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