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"I'm excited to remember our friend and fellow Martínez Mena in the presentation of the Literary Contest created ten years ago in his honor."
With these words began the Councillor for Culture, Juan Romero, the presentation of the event making explicit reference to the figure of the writer and friend to his recent loss.
For the tenth consecutive year, the Department of Culture and Heritage of the City Council convened the X Alhama Short Story Contest Alfonso Martínez-Mena, this year has reached a participation of 719 stories from all continents.
The competition, sponsored by Martinez-Mena, short story writer awarded the highest awards at the national level on record will be marked by the death of renowned writer alhameño left us last Wednesday, February 24, 2010 and each year, moved from Madrid to join the Final Jury.
The spread of the contest is done, as in previous years, regional newspapers and national roll through the pages of online contests and, of course, the local media who have contributed, as always , for such disclosure.
The period ended on February 15 with 724 stories submitted, confirming that this prize as one of the most important in Spain that has acquired great prestige in the Spanish letters.
The stories arrived from different places, different continents, different countries, different regions and different peoples, have offered an initial assessment has been done through its postmark, and by place of origin of the 724 stories in this edition have participated X writers from 21 countries, America, Asia and Europe.
A total of 105 foreign accounts of 21 nationalities and 2 stories of those who do not know the source.
As for the Spanish, Madrid stands where you have submitted 110 stories to 83 stories Andalusia, Catalonia with 72, 61-Valencia and Murcia Region with a total of 39 stories, with the town of Alhama de Murcia 4 accounts, provided data according to the postmark.
Preliminary Jury, composed of teachers of Language and Literature Secondary School Valle de Leiva and teachers of Secondary School Miguel Hernández, will perform readings for a first selection, which will go to a jury Intermediate, which will select the finalists for the Final Jury assess and decide which are the winning stories.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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