Conferences and other Events

10/17/2008
International poety competition for students

Voluntary Association ”Poetry and Solidarity” (Trieste Italy) promotes under the patronage of CEI Commission the V Edition of the international Poetry Competition “Castello di Duino”.
 
- The Competition is open to young people under 30 years of age.
Participation is free.
- Poems will be accepted in the mother tongue of the authors. The jury is composed by poets and literary experts with different linguistic competences. The poems will be evaluated as much as possible in the mother tongue of the authors.
- 3 prizes of €500 each will be awarded the winners. Various minor prizes to the noteworthy poets. The poems of the winners and a selection of the best poems will be published by the publishing House “IBISKOS Editrice  Risolo” in Italian and English version and recorded on CD in their original Languages. (the proceeds of the sales will be devoted to humanitarian scopes).
 
More than 3000 young people from 90 countries participated in the previous 4 editions of the competition. On this background  the First World-Youth Forum on the theme “Right to Dialogue” (funded by CEI ) took place in Trieste on September 27-28th.
 
Therefore we heartily please you  to spread the announcement of the competion (attached) in your university.
 
We thank you very much for your helping in the interest of Poetry and we hope to read many poems from your country!
 
Best regards
 
Gabriella Valera Gruber (Prof. University of Trieste)
                
Information, rules and application form for the competition:
 
www.castellodiduinopoesia.it (translated into 22 languages)
Prof. Gabriella Valera Gruber: valera@units.it
Via Matteotti 21- 34138 Trieste Italy- Tel. +39040638787

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