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The XXVIII edition Story Contest "Villa de Mazarron - Antonio del Olmo Mowing" is on the line and this Friday will be revealed the names of the winners of this year.
The literary contest, launched last February, will close on June 27 in the hotel "Playa Grande" with the award of the competition consisting of 3,600 euros and plaque for first prize and 2,400 euros and a plaque for second prize winner.
Other activities are in addition to this party these days about the stories.
Specifically, on Friday 20 will be the presentation of "The blonde girls disease" Borgoños Ignacio, who will sign copies of his work from 10 o'clock at night in the hotel "Playa Grande".
Borgoños won the "Villa de Mazarron - Antonio del Olmo Mowing" in 2010 and was runner-up of this same contest in 2008 with a story titled the same way that the book be presented on Friday.
The highlight this year's literary stars as the writer Laura Freixas, who has been judge of the National Fiction Prize and serves as president of the jury this year Mazarron.
In addition Freixas has a career expands narrative closely related to the female literary world and currently writes for such publications as the cultural magazine "El País" or in the newspaper "La Vanguardia".
Freixas give a lecture entitled "Why write precisely stories?"
Thursday July 26 at 10 pm in the hotel "Playa Grande".
This year's edition has been launched today by the Mayor of Mazarron, Ginés Campillo, and the director of the People's University (UPM), Jose Maria Lopez Ballesta.
The Mayor of the municipality stated that "since 82 has been held uninterruptedly the contest for which we bet, since it represents a major promotion to Mazarron. Hence have remained the amounts of the awards."
For its part, the director of the UPM has commented that the "event's future is assured by the continued involvement of writers that about 40% are loyal to the contest authors."
This year there are 1466 originals of which have been accepted into the contest 1458.
Of the latter total, the 9 components of the Reading Committee have selected 45 works for which accounts have been 12 finalists.
These have been "Things happen," presented under the theme `Miguel Angel Amado," Nic "Peter Pan," Nomad "of Mr. Li," Papa has become "submitted under the pseudonym Sara Kops," After all "( without motto), "The Solitude of purses" Bartleby, "Back to Teoxiclá" Irene Sopelana, "Butterfly Wings" Alcazo Felicitas, "Corporal Barros" Ramajero Paul, "The book (a story to purpose of the Brothers Karamazov "by Alain Leroy," The night side of life "by Marie C, and" Trains lost "a contest with the theme Casablanca.
The origin of the stories is, mostly from Spain and Spanish-speaking countries in the latter case, about 37% of stories submitted, which shows the importance of international competition.
As far away as Australia, Middle East and Thailand are also present in this twenty-eighth edition of a competition on the last Friday of July brings together personalities from the social and literary world Mazarron Murcia as Soren Peñalver or Eloy Sanchez Rosillo.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón
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