Holguin announces the ” Of Verse and Honey ” event

The ” Of Verse and Honey ” event, organized by the Hermanos Saíz Association in Baguanos and the Literature Section of the Holguin AHS (Association of San Juan de la Virgen … There, performance, instrument handling, and literary quality will be evaluated.

In the poetry category, interested parties must submit an unpublished 15-page notebook (Arial 12, 1.5 line spacing) under a pseudonym. Two Word documents must be sent to juveniljuvenil00@gmail.com: one with the notebook (identified with the pseudonym) and the other with the author’s personal information. The single prize includes publication of the work by Ediciones La Luz in its Analekta collection.

For trova, the closing date for entries is Thursday, October 30th. While for poetry, it is Thursday, November 20th.

“Del Verso y de la Miel” (Of Verse and Honey) has been developed for a quarter of a century. With the purpose of stimulating workers at the López-Peña and Fernando de Dios sugar mills at the beginning of the harvest. In addition to being a space for exchange between artists, writers, and workers regarding local identity.

The event has made Bagüanos a literary gathering place. Since 2000, artists have been trained and more than 50 books by Bagüanos authors have been published. Consolidating a strong local cultural movement.

By: Melissa Laura del Cerro Figueredo