Proposals received during the week as a possible start for the Short Story Contest

IV MICRO-STORY COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

Part One: "A Good Beginning"

Good start fourth edition short storiesADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH:

1. 'Cain turns life over in his head“. Cain, Jose Saramago.

2. 'The problem with the unicorn is that he is not known as a female”. Cain, Jose Saramago.

3. 'In the midst of this aquatic convulsion ready to engulf everything”. Cain, Jose Saramago.

4. 'There was one, there won't be another and no one will miss her”. Cain, Jose Saramago.

5. 'So I won't be punished for my crime”. Cain, Jose Saramago.

6. 'One afternoon, in the abandonment of gentle caresses”. Pipa, Leopoldo Alas, Clarin.

7. 'no one remembers him anymore”. Pipa, Leopoldo Alas, Clarin.

8. 'Tito gulped down the impotence of his army”. The assassins of the Emperor, Santiago Posteguillo.

9. 'He started to turn away from there and…”. The assassins of the Emperor, Santiago Posteguillo.

10. 'We melted into a warm hug and he dropped his toupee”. The entanglement of life and the stock market, Eduardo Mendoza.

11. 'I don't really know anything”. The entanglement of life and the stock market, Eduardo Mendoza.

12. 'While waiting for the return of the swami”. The entanglement of life and the stock market, Eduardo Mendoza.

13. 'His father gave him an affectionate and sonorous capon”. The entanglement of life and the stock market, Eduardo Mendoza.

14. 'It was not the triumphant arrival they had imagined”. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, JK Rowling.

15. 'Across the dungeon was a long table”. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, JK Rowling.

16. 'What they saw was incredible”. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by JK Rowling.

ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH:

1. 'Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.” Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston.

CHILDREN/JUNIOR CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: -

CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: -

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DELIVERY DEADLINE FROM “A GOOD START” to  library@iie.es until November 15, 2013.

One winner per category will be selected from among all the proposals received, who will receive as a prize a set of books from the Siruela publishing house, editorial collaborator of the contest.

See more details at:

http://bibliotecaiie.wordpress.com/i-concurso-de-microrrelatos-del-instituto-internacional/