The call goes until the fourth of July and ten prizes will be awarded.
The launch of the National Science Fiction Short Story Contest takes place within the framework of the 15th Popular Book Days Fair, within the New Reading Room of Book Events in association with the Public Library System of Medellín, from of the Solarium project.
This call will be open until the fourth of July and ten book vouchers for 400 thousand pesos will be delivered to be redeemed in bookstores in Medellín. Proposals must be of a maximum of 300 words, with Times New Roman font (12). They can participate over 14 years.
The rules of the contest are on the website of the Medellín Book and Culture Festival.
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This initiative seeks to promote the science fiction genre in Colombia, as well as bringing readers closer to a Medellín with cultural possibilities and circuits.
The competing stories may be narrated from places, dimensions and times, in addition, due to the nature of the Solarium project, which is part of the Transmedia Readings strategy, various discourses or narrative platforms such as text, video, will be taken into account. the web portal, the newscast, the comic and the video game.
Regarding science fiction, the 15th Popular Book Days Fair, which ended on May 30, promoted six workshops with writers who gave some clues about writing in this genre. As for the National Science Fiction Short Story Contest, the pre-reading juries are part of the Book Events team and the Medellín Public Library System and the final selection will be in charge of two international juries and one national.
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