Call for Submissions for the 27th Celestino Short Story Prize

The date for the next big event in Cuban short story writing has been set. Ediciones La Luz and the Literature Section of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) in Holguin. Officially announced the call for submissions for the 27th Celestino Short Story Prize. A competition that has become an essential platform for fostering new voices in Cuban narrative.

The announcement was made at the Ediciones La Luz headquarters. During an event that combined literary rigor with the celebration of two important anniversaries. The event was sponsored by the Provincial Center for Books and Literature and the Provincial Directorate of Culture. The event was presided over by poet Luis Yuseff, director of the publishing house. Who offered welcoming remarks and emphasized the importance of the prize in promoting young Cuban literature.

Subsequently, Lorena Vázquez Fraga, head of the Literature Section of the AHS in Holguin. She proceeded with the official reading of the rules, detailing the requirements and deadlines for applicants. Inviting writers from across the country to participate in this new edition.

One of the highlights of the presentation was the intervention of designer Robert Ráez. Creator of the graphic image that will accompany the call for entries. He explained the conceptual process behind this year’s visual proposal. Inspired by the literary universes that converge in the spirit of the prize and the symbolic complexity of labyrinths. In clear allusion to the honored author.

The 27th edition of the Celestino Short Story Prize holds special significance as it is dedicated to the work of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. And also commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Hermanos Saíz Association.

Under the evocative motto “Celestino in a Labyrinth of Time,” and with the epigraph “40 Years Without the Creator.” The call for submissions pays tribute to the boundless imagination, the labyrinths of fiction. Also the enduring legacy of one of the most influential voices in world literature.

The most moving moment came from the narrator Rubén Rodríguez, winner of the first edition of the competition. When he shared his reflections on the foundational value of the prize and its role. As a catalyst for the emergence of new generations of writers in the country. Recalling the impact it had on his own career and on those of many others.

With this launch, Ediciones La Luz and the AHS in Holguin reaffirm their commitment to the development of Cuban culture. Extend an invitation to all writers in the archipelago to participate in this celebration of the short story.

By: Daimy Peña Guillén

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