The councilman of Culture of the City, Nicolas del Toro, has reported that "literary contests Cehegín continue to rise, to receive this year an amount close to 1,400 text, which confirmed as one of the most important regional picture , with a high profile nationally. "
A total of 921 stories have received the Eighth Story Contest 'Salvador García Jiménez', while at V Poetry Prize 'Gil Fernando Tudela' 456 participants have attended, some of which are from Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Israel, Italy, Hungary, Ireland, Germany and France.
According to Del Toro, "these awards, which will be announced in April, aims to claim the figures of two great authors cehegineros, and that the name of Cehegin, as a municipality, be regarded as a diffuser of universal values ​​of the culture. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín