Culture has published a book containing the winning texts of the first ten editions of the competition Story
The most prestigious literary competitions held annually to Cehegín City Council received a total of 1,387 jobs have come from all over Spain and also from different countries, as reported by the Councillor for Education Nicolás del Toro, who expressed his satisfaction with the high number of participants work.
Specifically, for the eleventh Story Contest 'Salvador García Jiménez' have received 934 works, while to participate in the VIII Prize for Poetry 'Fernando Gil Tudela' have arrived 453 poems.
"Both literary contests have far exceeded the expectations of the Department of Culture, because they were born to promote two of our writers, highlight the universal values ​​of literature and seek new values ​​written in Castilian literature," added Councilman Culture.
The large base of participation in both competitions is Spanish, but until Cehegín jobs from other countries have also reached many, always written in Spanish, such as El Salvador, Guatemala, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, United States, Ecuador, Brazil, Israel, France, UK, Germany, Italy and Hungary, among others.
To mark the eleventh edition of the Story the Department of Culture has published a book with the ten winning stories from previous editions, which includes a few words of ceheginero writer who names the contest, Salvador García Jiménez.
This book will be distributed free at the awards ceremony for the winners of the competitions this year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín