A jury chaired by writer Mauricio Gil Cano and composed of Josefa Parra Ramos, poet and director of the Caballero Bonald Foundation; Ana Sofía Pérez-Bustamante Mourier, full professor of Spanish Literature at the UCA; writer and deputy director of the Royal Hispanic American Academy, José López Romero, professor of Language and Literature, researcher and critic, and supernumerary member of the Royal Academy of San Dionisio, and Evaristo Babé Romero, president of the Regulatory Council of Brandy de Jerez, decided to award the following prizes at the 8th “Cardenal Mendoza” International Microfiction Contest:
First prize: “Baeza, April 29, 1913,” an original by Juan de Molina, from Ubrique (Cádiz).
Second prize: “Carne de imprenta,” by Laura Escriche Andrés, from Zaragoza.
Third prize: “Destino,” by Ezequiel Tambornini, from Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Cardenal Mendoza Non Plus Ultra mention: “La bala,” originally by Nieves Jurado Martínez, from Albacete.
A total of 1,547 entries were submitted to the competition from thirty-three countries: Spain, Germany, Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, the United States, France, Greece, Guatemala, the Netherlands, Honduras, Italy, Israel, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
In Jerez de la Frontera, October 30, 2019.
