IEMED - Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània

Requisites for participation

The contest is aimed at young people under 30 years of age, citizens of one of the 37 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean space.

Format of the works

The short stories must be less than 2,500 words, and can be written in any of the official languages of the participating countries. They must be completely original and unpublished works. The short stories must approach issues related to intercultural dialogue, especially of a political, socio-cultural, economic and environmental nature.

Deadline and destination of the works

All stories must be sent to the following e-mail address:
concurso@iemed.org

The writers must include with the short story presented a photocopy of an identity document and personal details: name and surname, date of birth, nationality, address, e-mail.

The stories can be sent by e-mail until 12 midnight on 31st of March 2008.

Participation in the contest implies surrender to the IEMed and the Anna Lindh Foundation of the author’s rights over the competing work. The Anna Lindh Foundation and the IEMed reserve the right to publish and use the works received for their future activities.

National selections

The national networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation will form national juries, headed by the network coordinator and made up of a total of minimum three members, distinguished representatives of the literary and academic worlds and journalism in the participating countries. The composition of the juries will be published at the appropriate time on the contest website. These juries will pre-select the best stories from each country and arrange their translation into English. The national juries, through the IEMed, will transmit to the international jury the pre-selected stories.

International selection

The Anna Lindh Foundation in coordination with the IEMed will form an international jury, whose composition will be made public at the appropriate time through the contest website. The international jury will be formed by five distinguished figures from the literary and academic world and from journalism in the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean area. The jury will be formed by the president, two representatives of member countries of the European Union and two representatives of Mediterranean partner countries.

The international jury will have a maximum period of 30 days, from 1st April 2008, to select the 30 best works from those pre-selected by the national juries which will be included in a book published by the Anna Lindh Foundation and the IEMed. Among the 30 authors chosen for the publication, the international jury will then select the 10 winners of the contest.