Entries can be submitted until 13:00 pm on February 24 and must be related to the role and status of women in family, work, educational settings, violence, ... A laptop, tablet and mobile phone are the prizes will be distributed.
February 2, 2014. The City Council of Women of the City of Lorca, Lali Ibarra, reported on the IV Literary Short Story Contest "Women", which is part of the programming that the Consistory Lorca has prepared for Celebration of March 8, International Day of the Rights of Women.
Ibarra stated that "the purpose of this contest is to promote the principle of equality, sensitize the general population and highlight the values ​​of a society committed to equality."
The mayor explained that "can participate in the contest today any author who has his habitual residence in any municipality in the Region of Murcia, always to present their work before 13:00 pm on February 24 and the topic is relevant with the role and status of women in different areas (family, work, violence, education, etc ...) ".
The original short stories and written on a computer, double-spaced and on one side are sent;
extension shall be a minimum of one page and a maximum of dos.Se presented unsigned, under the escrow system, appearing in the works exclusively a slogan or title.
The texts can be sent by e-mail to concejaliadelamujer@lorca.es where a document will be sent to the presented material and another where stated name and surname, address, telephone number and email is done.
They can also be sent by certified mail to CLD, 1st floor, Alameda de Cervantes, n ° 30, CP: 30,800 Lorca, Murcia, indicating the "Literary Contest IV 'Women' '.
In this case shall be included in the envelope two copies of the narrative presented and another on smaller, bearing the slogan or title of the work and shall include therein the data of the author (name, address, telephone number and ID) as well as a data carrier (USB, CD, DVD, ...) with the work presented.
The City Council has announced that the awards will be "a laptop for the winner job, a tablet for second place and a mobile phone for the third. Similarly a special consolation prize for the first local classified, always will be awarded as no participant Lorca resident has obtained any of the first three prizes. "
The jury will be composed of Ibarra;
Antonio Ortega, teacher and writer;
Andrés Porlán degree in Philology and writer;
Maria Angeles Aragon, an official of the Department of Women;
Maria Victoria Sanchez, former president of the Association of Housewives and writer;
Alicia Rodrigo, president of the Association of Widows Virgen del Alcázar;
Jose Tomas Rios, Professor of Secondary and Damian Bravo, director of IES San Juan Bosco.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca