Literary Competition

• Short story (maximum 1,000 words)
• Poetry

All members of the UIC Barcelona community can enter the competition individually (one piece of work per person in each category).

Free subject. One story can be submitted per person and per category, in other words, a maximum of two stories.

Catalan or Spanish

From 28 February to 20 March 2024

Complete this form to sign up and attach your short story. Remember to include an extract from your piece of writing: the part you like the most, the part that best represents your work... Whatever you want.

Document requirements: Arial size 10, justified, with the title in bold at the top of the document. Entries that do not comply with these requirements will be disqualified. 

The jury will be made up of experts on literature who will assess the entries submitted and award the prize, according to their criteria, for the best pieces. However, the jury reserves the right to declare the prize null and void if the quality of the entries is not high enough. The jury's decision cannot be appealed and there cannot be more than one award per participant.

The winners in both the short story and poetry categories will receive a prize worth €100 to be spent at the Fnac.

The winners will be announced during Cultural Month. Participation in the competition will imply acceptance of these terms and conditions.

The participants authorise the reproduction of their works without limits as to systems, media or countries and free of charge. Participants will be responsible for any claims arising from the infringement of copyrights.

1. Participation in the competition will constitute the acceptance of these terms and conditions.
2. UIC Barcelona reserves the right to accept and publish the submitted texts.
3. Decisions regarding incidents not covered under these terms and conditions will be made by UIC Barcelona, which will settle the matter to the best of its judgement, and are not subject to appeal.

Short story

Auriculares, (Earphones) by Raquel Ibáñez Monforte, a doctoral student in Audiovisual Communication.

Poetry

Amor Hiriente, (Hurtful Love) by Míriam Sánchez Niño, a first-year Journalism and Audiovisual Communication student. 
 

A total of 22 pieces were presented; 13 prose texts and 9 poems.

The jury has been formed by:

• Ricardo M. Jiménez-Yáñez: Doctor in Linguistics from the University of Navarra, lecturer in the faculties of Law and Humanities at UIC Barcelona.
• Hortensia Galí: Journalist, director of several publications and magazines. She has been a jury member of various literary awards and is part of several literary associations
• Jaume Figa: Graduated in Audiovisual Communication and Doctor from UIC Barcelona. Writer of several books, biographies and interviews.