Literary contests called by the City Council Cehegín received nearly 1,300 jobs from all over Spain and also from different countries, as reported by the Councillor for Education Nicolás del Toro.
Specifically, for the IX Story Contest 'Salvador García Jiménez' 850 works were received, while to participate in the Poetry Prize VI 'Gil Fernando Tudela' poems have reached 420.
"It's a great participation which strengthens our awards not only nationally, but also internationally. Both literary contests have far exceeded the expectations of the Department of Culture, as two were born to promote our writers, highlighting the universal values ​​of literature and find new values ​​in the literature written in Castilian, "said the mayor of Culture.
The large base of participation in both contests is Spanish, but have come up Cehegín also works from many other countries, always written in Spanish, such as Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, United States, Ecuador, Brazil, Israel, France , UK, Germany, Italy and Hungary, among others.
The story contest has a unique prize of 2,000 euros and the other only poetry prize of 1,000 euros.
The jury's decision will be announced in April and the awards ceremony will coincide with the activities held by the City Council on the occasion of World Book Day.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín