The City Council of the Historic Villa of Santiago del Teide communicates that, until 1:00 p.m. next Wednesday, July 20, the deadline for the presentation of the works that will compete in the VIC Literary Competition "Lyric Letters of Santiago 2022" is open, which can be attended by all those people of legal age who wish to do so, residents in Spain, provided that submit the works in Spanish, original and unpublished, not published in any type of format either totally or partially (including the Internet), not awarded or pending a decision in other contests or awaiting a response in an editorial process. first base automatically disqualifies the participant.
The theme will be free, emphasizing that a "Special Prize" will be awarded to the work whose content takes into account any of the many outstanding aspects - landscape, ethnographic, etc. - of Santiago del Teide; although the first prize may go to a work that is recreated in the municipality, apart from the Special Prize.
Regarding the deadline for the delivery of works, this will be until 13:00 hrs. on Wednesday July 20 -peninsular Spanish time-, while the jury's decision will be announced on July 25, highlighting that the winners will be summoned to the institutional award ceremony, which will be held coinciding with the holiday of Santiago Apostle.
For the "Story" modality, the work must have a maximum length of 7 pages and a minimum of 4 pages; while the "Poetry" modality must have a maximum length of 200 verses and a minimum of 25 verses. Finally, the "Loa" modality will have a maximum length of 75 verses and a minimum of 25 verses.
As for the prizes, each of the contest modalities will be awarded:
FIRST PRIZE.............................. 300.00 euros
SECOND PRIZE.............................. 150.00 euros
SPECIAL PRIZE..............................200.00 euros
Similarly, the original work must be typed double-spaced, using "Arial", "Times New Roman" or similar 12-point font, and must have a single-sided A-4 size document format. The original of the work will be presented only in digital format through the digital platform "mundoarti.com". A PDF must be attached with the anonymous literary work and fill in the personal data (escrow); highlighting that submissions that include drawings, photos, external links or any type of embellishment outside the text will not be accepted.
Finally, it should be noted that the jury will be chaired by the Councilor for Culture of the City Council of Santiago del Teide and will have as members people related and qualified in literary art; although a technician from the Department of Culture will act as secretary of the jury.
