We are once again looking for a good start (in Spanish and English) for the Library's Short Story Contest (fourth edition) and once again we award a batch of books from one of our favorite publishers (Siruela). Participating is easy: 1. Think of a book that you liked a lot. 2. Look for a suggestive phrase and
IIII INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY CONTEST First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: Aunt Daniela fell in love as intelligent women always fall in love: like an idiot. “Women with big eyes” by Ángeles Mastretta. ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: Desert category. CHILDREN / YOUTH CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: Jonah was falling, tumbling
The Short Story Contest of the International Institute in its third call returns to look for "A good start" for a great ending. For this reason, we encourage you to send your favorite phrase from an already published fiction book that you think could be very good for creating new stories. The winning phrase will be used as the mandatory start of the micro-stories that will be
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: Tim woke up, but Tom didn't. "The noise you make when you don't want to make noise" by John Irving. Posted by Danilo Bardisa. ADULT CATEGORY – ENGLISH: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is
II INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE MICRO-STORY COMPETITION First part: “A good start” ADULT CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: – ADULT CATEGORY – IN ENGLISH: – CHILD/JUVENILE CATEGORY – IN SPANISH: 32. I don't think they can hurt you… they're like figures of a book… close your eyes and they will disappear. "The Shining" by Stephen King. CHILDREN / YOUTH CATEGORY
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: 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 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
FIRST PART: “A good start“ WINNING SENTENCES (Categories adult-Spanish, adult-English, children-Spanish, children-English respectively): “All this happened, more or less“. Slaughterhouse five, Kurt Vonnegut (proposal sent by Carlos Alegría Gallardo). "If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it." Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison (proposal sent by María Jesús Castro Gacho). “For about ten seconds,