The Poetes per la Cultura association has opened the period for the third call for the Marina Alta Poetry Prize. The works in the competition may be submitted until July 31, 2023, since the contest is open to national and international writers.
The Marina Alta Poetry Prize, which is sponsored by the Salom Sabar Foundation, is endowed with 500 euros, a dinner and a hotel night to attend the award ceremony, which will be held in Dénia, where the association's headquarters are located. The competition accepts one or more original and unpublished works written in Spanish or Valencian. On this occasion, as a novelty, two awards are being announced, one for the Spanish language and the other for the Valencian language, both with the same prize and selection rules.
It is worth mentioning that in previous editions, the Marina Alta Poetry Award has been very well received by the literary community, with Francisco Javier Cárdenas being the winner of the first edition with his proposal "An epitaph for my wife", while José Santiago He won the prize in the second edition with his collection of poems "Se adentra".
Poetes per la Cultura is a non-profit association based in Dénia, whose main objective is to support and disseminate poetry and its creators in the Marina Alta region. To carry out its work, the association organizes literary activities throughout the year, both its own and in collaboration with other entities.
Since 2022, the Salom Sabar Foundation has collaborated with Poetes per la Cultura as the sponsoring entity of the Marina Alta Poetry Prize, in support of initiatives such as this one, which promote culture and literary creation in the Marina Alta.
Terms of the call
- FIRST. All national and international writers may participate with one or more original and unpublished works, written in Spanish or Valencian.
- SECOND. Those who have been awarded in the five previous editions will not be able to participate.
- THIRD. Two awards are announced: one in Spanish and the other in Valencian, with the same endowment and selection rules.
- QUARTER. The works, of theme and free form, will be of at least 50 verses and a maximum of 300.
- FIFTH. The originals, in digital format, will be sent as ""POETRY + TITLE + PSEUDONYM"", accompanied by another file with that pseudonym, where the author's name, personal data, telephone number and brief Curriculum Vitae are collected. Sending both files to the mail poetesperlacultura@gmail.com, maintaining at all times the protection of data in accordance with current law.
- SIXTH. The amount of the Prize will be 500 euros, both for the Castilian and Valencian lines, plus dinner and a night's lodging in a three or four star hotel in the area to attend the prize collection ceremony. Attendance is mandatory, either by the author or by an authorized representative. There is no edition of the texts.
- SEVENTH. The Association "Poetes per la Cultura" of the Marina Alta will designate a Jury that will assess the works. If in the deliberation it is considered by a majority that none of the works presented has sufficient quality, the Jury may declare it void.
- EIGHTH. The submission period will be open on April 15 and closed on July 31, 2023. The jury's decision will be announced during the month of September, notifying at that time the date and place of the award ceremony ( Spanish and Valencian).
- NINTH. The originals not awarded will be deleted with their files, not accepting requests for return.
- TENTH. Participation in this Award will imply full acceptance of its bases. Otherwise, you will be automatically excluded without the right to any claim.
