One more year we have celebrated Book Day with a storytelling session in English by Trisha & Carrie and about the story “What about me?”, within the Night of the Books program. We advance a photo, you can see more soon in our Flickr account. At the end
We already have winners of the second part of the II Short Story Contest of the International Institute "A great finale". The contest at this stage consisted of writing micro-stories based on the four beginnings selected in the first part of the contest "A good beginning" (one for each of the established categories). The length of the proposals could be
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: – ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 30. You remembered a book you had read, in which a man was lost in the desert and, since he had not eaten or drunk for several days
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 25. Don't you know that it is not safe to travel at night in these places? "Ghost Night" by Chris Mould. ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 3. The crazy song of a bird that
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: – ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILDREN/JUVENIL CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: – CHILDREN/JUVENIL CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: 1. The little old man gave Clifford a little lunch, to thank him for his help. “Clifford Takes A Trip”
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: – ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILD/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 1. The sea silently rocked its sleeping creatures. "Shirley's Wizarding Days" by Elisabetta Gnone. 2. The ice is smooth as a mirror. "Manuel
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 22. The hot February morning when Beatriz Viterbo died… “El Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges. 23. Some afternoons, during the visit of his brother, the widower would remain silent, as if hypnotized, looking at the curtain of the
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 21. Truman Capote was so happy then that he wrote to a friend: “I like this month so much that I wish it was always October”. "Hopefully October" by Juan Cruz Ruiz. ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILD/JUVENILE CATEGORY –
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY CONTEST First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 20. Only a memory came down from his brain to his heart to gently move him. “Cuentos” (Story “The Unknown”) by Pio Baroja. ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: – CHILDREN/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: –
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 1. The past is not dead, nor is tomorrow—nor yesterday—written. “Campos de Castilla” (Poem The Iberian God) by Antonio Machado. 2. Not being born, I think, is the same as being dead and dying is better than living