The Literature Section of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) in Holguin, its publishing house La Luz, and the Provincial Center for Books and Literature are announcing the New Voices of Poetry 2025 competition. Dedicated this year to the 105th anniversary of Eliseo Diego’s birth.
Unpublished authors residing in Cuba, whether or not they are members of the AHS, are welcome to participate. To participate, they must submit a collection of poems on a free topic, with a minimum of 10 pages and a maximum of 15. To the email address nuevasvocescuba2025@gmail.com, with the subject: New Voices 2025.
Before October 31st of this year, the closing date for the competition, each participant must send two separate documents by email. One with the entry form and the other with their personal information.
The jury’s decision, composed of prestigious Cuban writers, will be announced on November 28th. The winner will receive a certificate, the publication of the selected book in the Analekta collection. Its electronic version, and an audiobook in the Quemapalabras collection.
The New Voices of Poetry Prize, established more than 20 years ago, aims to promote and highlight emerging Cuban poets. Offering them the opportunity to publish with Ediciones La Luz, a publishing house whose mission is to encourage emerging authors on the Cuban literary scene.
By: Melissa Laura del Cerro Figueredo
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernandez
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