| Genres | Poetry, Prose |
|---|---|
| Prizes | 2 x €600, Accessits |
| Years running | 18 years |
| Award Ceremony date | December |
| Current edition | 18 |
The Manuel Oreste Literary Contest is a literary contest hosted by Paradela City Council. The award ceremony is held in the Manuel Rodriguez Lopez Socio-Cultural Centre, Paradela on a yearly basis. The contest is open to writers and poets writing in either the Galician or Spanish languages, with prizes given out to the winners of each category. It is hosted in the name of the Galician poet, author and chronicler Manuel Rodriguez Lopez, and has been held every year without interruptions since 1995,[1] with the award ceremony for the 18th Edition scheduled for December 2013.
Criteria
Writers and Poets from anywhere in the world writing in Galician or Spanish are eligible to submit their work to the contest. The work must be maximum 20 pages long, and poetry must be maximum 100 verses long. The work must be original and unedited, and must not have won any other contest. The work must be typed, with double-spacing.[2][1] The jury evaluates all the work sent the year of the Award Ceremony, and is composed of Galician and Spanish speakers. The members of the jury for the 18th Edition are listed below:[3]
- José Manuel Mato Díaz (Mayor of Paradela and president of the jury);
- José. Jesús Ramos Ledo (Regional Minister of Government, Education, Culture and University)
- Santiago Rodríguez López (Son of Manuel Rodriguez Lopez)
- Xesús Mato Mato (Clergy and Musicologist)
- Xulio Xiz Ramil (Writer and Journalist)
- Xavier Rodríguez Barrio (poet)
Awards
Two prizes of €600 are given, one for each category (Poetry or Prose). Accessits and Honourable mentions can also be given at the jury's discretion, but lack in economic value.[2] There were 958[4] and 968[5] works submitted for the 17th and 18th Editions respectively. The prized members of all the editions are listed below:[6][7][8][9]
| Poetry Prize | Poetry Accessit(s) | Honourable Mention(s) | Prose Prize | Prose Accessit(s) | Honourable Mention(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Edition (1996) | Agustín Hermida Castro | Beatriz Piñeiro Calvo | Sechu Sende | |||
| 2nd Edition (1997) | Modesto Fraga Moure | Roberto X. Traba Velay | Marco V. Lama del Corral | Rosa Aneiros Díaz; Pedro Rielo Lamela | ||
| 3rd Edition (1998) | Antonio Esteban González Alonso | José Ricardo Vélez Vázquez | Xabier Castro García | |||
| 4th Edition (1999) | Roberto X. Traba Velay | Beatriz Piñeiro Calvo | ||||
| 5th Edition (2000) | Baldomero Iglesias Dobarrio | Unai González Suárez | Jaime Naveria Pedreira | |||
| 6th Edition (2001) | Manuel Terrín Benavides | Baldomero Iglesias Dobarrio | Francisco Calo Lourido | Pedro Uris Escolano | ||
| 7th Edition (2002) | Simón Iglesias Posse | Salvador Moreno Pérez ; Estíbaliz Espinosa Río | Xosé Nicanor Alonso Alvarez | Xaime Naveira Pedreira | ||
| 8th Edition (2003) | Salvador Moreno Pérez ; Alexandre Nerium (shared prize) | Francisco Piñeiro González | Xaime Domínguez Toxo | Xoán Xosé García López | ||
| 9th Edition (2004) | María Goretti Fariña Caamaño | Manuel Luque Tapia ; María Rey Torrente | Francisco Piñeiro González | Vicente Javier García Gómez ; Andrés Albuerne de Frutos | ||
| 10th Edition (2005) | María Teresa Núñez González | Amadeo Cobas ; Unai González Suárez | Francisco Piñeiro González | Julio Romero Suárez María ; Teresa López de la Fuente ; Domingo A. Martínez Martín | ||
| 11th Edition (2006) | Restituto Núñez Cobos | Juan Lorenzo Collado Gómez ; Alba Cid Fernández ; Isabel Oliver González | Francisco Rozados Rivas | Juan Lorenzo Collado Gómez ; Francisco Piñeiro González | ||
| 12th Edition (2007) | Carmen Caramés Gorgal | Alfredo Macías Macías ; Manuel Luque Tapia | Rafael Laso Lorenzo | Francisco Piñeiro González ; Iván García Campos | ||
| 13th Edition (2008) | Feliciano Ramos Navarro | José M. López Calo ; Cristalina López Rodríguez | Moisés Alvarez Jorge | Carmen Cuevas Crespo ; Julio Romero Suárez | ||
| 14th Edition (2009) | Alba Cid Fernández | Sara Castelar Lorca ; Mª Isabel Gómez Arto | Alberto Rodríguez Díaz | Juan José Ruíz Moñino ; Isabel Julián Quiroga | ||
| 15th Edition (2010) | Emma Pedreira | Manuel García Díaz Pintado ; Rosa Piñeiro Fariña | Pepe Pol | Noa María Carballa Rivas ; Mercedes Blanco Iglesias | ||
| 16th Edition (2011) | Beatriz Lorenzo | José María Calo ; Pablo Núñez González ; Marcial González Vigo | Xosé Manuel Dopazo Mella | Noa María Carballa Rivas ; Mercedes Blanco Iglesias | ||
| 17th Edition (2012) | José Antonio Repeto González | Xosé Otero Canto ; Marcial González Vigo | Margarita Souvirón López ; Yoli López | Erick Hernández Mora | Pepe Pol ; Xaime Domínguez Toxo | Sofía Rodríguez Suárez ; Marcos Dios Almeida |
| 18th Edition (2013) | Ramón Sandoval Pérez | Luis García Pérez ; Jacobo Llamas Martínez | Xosé Otero Canto ; Mercedes Saénz Blasco ; José Gabriel Rodríguez Ambrosio | Manrique Fernández Vázquez | Xosé Farruco Graña Rama ; José Luis Hernández Garvi | José Ángel Corral Suárez ; Antonio Garrigo Jiménez |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Certamen literario Manuel Orestes Rodríguez Lopez". www.concelloparadela.es.
- 1 2 "Data" (PDF). manuelrodriguezlopez.org.
- ↑ "XV EDICIÓN CERTAME LITERARIO MANUEL-ORESTE RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | Concello de Paradela". Archived from the original on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ "XVII EDICIÓN CERTAMEN LITERARIO MANUEL-ORESTES RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | Concello de Paradela". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ↑ "El certamen literario Manuel Orestes de Paradela contó con casi un millar de obras". 9 May 2013.
- ↑ "Data" (PDF). manuelrodriguezlopez.org.
- ↑ "Data" (PDF). manuelrodriguezlopez.org.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
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