Please, send the complete Application Form (see below) in the message and the poem attached to the message in Format word or rft.
b) or by regular mail to Prof. Gabriella Valera Gruber, Via Matteotti 21, 34138, Trieste (Italy). As far as the deadline is concerned, we will take into consideration the postmark, but no poem will be taken into consideration, which arrives after the jury has started its evaluation process (soon after the deadline)
It is possible to participate in one or both following sections:
I. SECTION FOR UNPUBLISHED POEMS
Participants have to send only one unpublished, never prized poem (maximum 50 lines).
Poems will be accepted in the mother tongue of the authors. A translation into English or
French and /or Italian is required.
Prizes: First, Second and Third Prize: € 500. In accordance with the aim of the competition to
combine solidarity and poetry, the winners will choose a humanitarian cause to which they will devote a part of the prize (€200).
Medal of the President of Italian Republic for a poem with a particular social-humanitarian value
»Sergio Penco« Plate for the better poem »under 16«
Cups or other minor prizes for other noteworthy poems.
The poems of the winners and a selection of the best poems will be published for free by »Ibiskos Publishing House Risolo« (Empoli, Italy) (Sponsor of the Competition), in both the Italian and English version together with a CD in the original languages. The proceeds of the sales will be devoted to Luchetta-Ota-D’Angelo-Hrovatin Foundation for children war victims ( www.fondazioneluchetta.org).
Minor prizes for noteworthy poems of young »poets« under 16th.
II. SECTION THEATER : MONOLOGUE OR DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 PEOPLE.
1 unpublished and never prized Dramatic Work (Monologue or Dialogue between 2 people), max 5 pages (no more than 10000 characters).
A GOOD TRANSLATION INTO ITALIAN IS UNCONDITIONALLY REQUIRED. THE WORKS WILL NOT BE EVALUATED IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE BUT ONLY IN THEIR ITALIAN TRANSLATION.
Prizes:
The jury will designate three winners (who will awarded with cups and plates) and reserves the right of selecting other dramas of special worth.
The best dramas will be performed in city Theater the day of the Prize-giving Ceremony.
SPECIAL RULES FOR SCHOOLS
The jury will designate the best Poetry-Projects presented as a collective work by Schools
(students and teachers):
1st prize 500 euro, that have to be devoted to an humanitarian scope chosen by the awarded students and teachers
other minor prizes.
Projects must be sent
2 copies by regular mail to Prof. Gabriella Valera Gruber, Via Matteotti 21, 34138, Trieste (Italy). As far as the deadline is concerned, we will take into consideration the postmark, but no project will be taken into consideration, which arrives after the jury has started its evaluation process (soon after the deadline). Possibly also a copy by E-Mail to valeragruber@alice.it.
Application Form (Section I. and II.)
Name:
Surname:
Birth Date:
Nationality:
Address:
City:
Country:
Phone:
E-Mail:
Title of the work:
Statements:
I declare that the work … … is my original work, has never been prized and is unpublished.
I give my permission to its possible publication and presentation to the general audience
I declare that I have not subscribed to SIAE nor to any other similar Societies, which protect copyrights.
Application form (Schools)
Name of the teacher:
Surname of the teacher:
School:
List of the participants students:
Address of the school:
City:
Country:
Phone:
E-Mail of the school:
E- Mail of the teacher:
Statements:
I declare that the work … … is an original work, has never been prized and is unpublished.
I give permission to its possible publication and presentation to the general audience
I declare that the authors have not subscribed to SIAE nor to any other similar Societies, which protect copyrights.
