Winning proposals of the contest "A good start" within the IV Short Story Contest of the International Institute

IV MICRO-STORY COMPETITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

Part One: "A Good Beginning"

Good start fourth edition short storiesADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH:

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

Submitted by Sandra Monteverde.

ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH:

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

Posted by Grecia Álvarez.

CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN SPANISH:

"It was a cold winter day and the snowflakes were falling like white feathers..” Snow White, Brothers Grimm.

Posted by Rodrigo Menendez.

CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH:

"The sun did not shine it was too wet to play so we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day” The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss.

Posted by Rodrigo Menendez.

Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the participants for their interest.

The winning proposals will receive as a prize a set of books from the Siruela publishing house, editorial collaborator of the contest.

The jury was made up of Patti Trimborn (English Department of the International Institute), Maite Camblor (Stanford University in Madrid), Nuria Segui (Library of the International Institute), Carlos Fernández (Syracuse University in Madrid), Jose Carlos Vela (SUNY- Albany University in Madrid) and Ana Alonso (International Institute Library).

The second part of the contest “A grand finale” will take place from January 15 to March 15, 2014.

We wait!

See more details at:

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