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The City of Molina de Segura, through the Department of Culture, has called the Setenil Award for Best Story Book Published in Spain, this year 2016 has already reached its thirteenth edition, demonstrating the strength and success of a call that has managed to be one of the most eagerly awaited by those who practice the genre of short fiction in our country.
The last edition broke attendance record with nearly a hundred titles submitted.
The Setenil Award, which has been dubbed "the Oscar Story in Spain", is endowed with 10,000 euros for the winner, and will have as president of the jury for this edition of the prestigious writer Eloy Blight, a regular contributor to the press, teacher workshops narrative and author, among other works, the famous book of stories speed of the gardens.
The winners of previous editions of Setenil were Alberto Mendez, Juan Pedro Aparicio, Cristina Fernández Cubas, Sergi PÃ mies, Oscar Esquivias, Fernando Clemot, Francisco Lopez Serrano, David Roas, Clara Obliged, Ignacio Ferrando, Javier Saez de Ibarra and Emilio Gavilanes.
Jurors have been chaired by authors like Ana Maria Matute, Luis Mateo Diez, Juan Manuel de Prada, Luis Alberto de Cuenca, José María Merino, Javier Tomeo, Andrés Neuman, Fernando Iwasaki, Cristina Fernández Cubas, Hipólito G. Navarro and Juan Bonilla.
The full contents of the bases listed below:
XIII bases Award 2016 for Best Setenil Story Book Published in Spain:
The Department of Culture of the City of Molina de Segura, in order to help strengthen the recognition of the story as a literary genre in our country, announces the XIII SETENIL AWARD 2016, intended to reward the best book of short stories published in Spain in the period It referred to the announcement, under the following
BASES
I may attend the XIII SETENIL AWARD storybooks which comply with the following characteristics:
Books must have been published between the dates of April 23, 2015 (Book Day) and April 22, 2016, meaning that publication date it has completed the process of book production (printing and binding).
It must be unique story collections author and Spanish nationality.
While they may have originally been published in any of the official languages ​​of the Spanish State, shall be submitted to this contest edition in Spanish.
In the case of works originally written in other languages ​​other than Castilian state, date to be considered will be the publication of the translated work.
The decision on what is or is not a "storybook" corresponds only to the jury.
They may not participate reprints of books that are above or anthologies of short stories and published in book form.
However, collections will be accepted when the stories have appeared only in periodicals.
II.
They may submit books competing for the prize both publishers directly, any natural or legal person, attaching:
Two copies of each of the books presented, once the process is completed will become property of the City of Molina de Segura funds to enrich its network of public libraries.
A statement signed by the sender in which it is pointed: the book production process is completed within the dates specified in paragraph I;
and that its author is of Spanish nationality.
III.
Proposals should be submitted to the Department of Culture of the City of Molina de Segura, Building The Catch, c / Mayor, 81, 30500 Molina de Segura, with "Setenil Award" mention.
IV.
The deadline for submission of copies will end on June 30, 2016.
V. a single and indivisible prize is established in the amount of 10,000 euros for the author of the winning work.
The prize can not be awarded.
SAW.
The City of Molina de Segura publish a handout containing a sample of the winning either one or several accounts, or fragment, and will be distributed not venal form between publishers, critics, writers, universities and other related institutions book nationwide.
VII.
The procedure of failure is as follows:
A pre-selection committee will select up to 10 finalists books among all the entries.
Senders of selected works should send two additional copies to the organization.
A jury appointed by the Department of Culture, and composed of leading figures from the world of letters that have special relationship with the gender of the story, will meet in October or November 2016 to issue its ruling, that the winning author will contact and editorial.
VIII.
The award will be presented in a public ceremony to be held in Molina de Segura in December 2016, with the assistance of the jurors, and will be preceded by a meeting with readers.
Inexcusable be awarded the presence of the author for the award becomes effective.
IX.
Any subsequent reissue of the winning work will written reference that "XIII Setenil Prize 2016 City of Molina de Segura" is read.
The City Council may be freely reproduced in any medium the winning book cover and a fragment thereof in the handout to the base refers sixth.
X. The mere act of participating in this competition implies acceptance of these rules and the jury's decision will be final.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
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