Manuel Oreste Rodriguez Lopez Literary Contest

The Manuel Oreste Literary Contest is a literary contest hosted by Paradela City Council. The award ceremony is held in the Manuel Rodriguez Lopez Socio-Cultural Centre, Paradela on a yearly basis. The contest is open to writers and poets writing in either the Galician or Spanish languages, with prizes given out to the winners of each category. It is hosted in the name of the Galician poet, author and chronicler Manuel Rodriguez Lopez, and has been held every year without interruptions since 1995,[1] with the award ceremony for the 18th Edition scheduled for December 2013.

Manuel Oreste Rodriguez Lopez Literary Contest
GenresPoetry, Prose
Prizes2 x €600, Accessits
Years running18 years
Award Ceremony dateDecember
Current edition18

Criteria

Writers and Poets from anywhere in the world writing in Galician or Spanish are eligible to submit their work to the contest. The work must be maximum 20 pages long, and poetry must be maximum 100 verses long. The work must be original and unedited, and must not have won any other contest. The work must be typed, with double-spacing.[2][1] The jury evaluates all the work sent the year of the Award Ceremony, and is composed of Galician and Spanish speakers. The members of the jury for the 18th Edition are listed below:[3]

  • José Manuel Mato Díaz (Mayor of Paradela and president of the jury);
  • José. Jesús Ramos Ledo (Regional Minister of Government, Education, Culture and University)
  • Santiago Rodríguez López (Son of Manuel Rodriguez Lopez)
  • Xesús Mato Mato (Clergy and Musicologist)
  • Xulio Xiz Ramil (Writer and Journalist)
  • Xavier Rodríguez Barrio (poet)

Awards

Two prizes of €600 are given, one for each category (Poetry or Prose). Accessits and Honourable mentions can also be given at the jury's discretion, but lack in economic value.[2] There were 958[4] and 968[5] works submitted for the 17th and 18th Editions respectively. The prized members of all the editions are listed below:[6][7][8][9]

Poetry PrizePoetry Accessit(s)Honourable Mention(s)Prose PrizeProse Accessit(s)Honourable Mention(s)
1st Edition (1996)Agustín Hermida CastroBeatriz Piñeiro CalvoSechu Sende
2nd Edition (1997)Modesto Fraga MoureRoberto X. Traba VelayMarco V. Lama del CorralRosa Aneiros Díaz; Pedro Rielo Lamela
3rd Edition (1998)Antonio Esteban González AlonsoJosé Ricardo Vélez VázquezXabier Castro García
4th Edition (1999)Roberto X. Traba VelayBeatriz Piñeiro Calvo
5th Edition (2000)Baldomero Iglesias DobarrioUnai González SuárezJaime Naveria Pedreira
6th Edition (2001)Manuel Terrín BenavidesBaldomero Iglesias DobarrioFrancisco Calo LouridoPedro Uris Escolano
7th Edition (2002)Simón Iglesias PosseSalvador Moreno Pérez ; Estíbaliz Espinosa RíoXosé Nicanor Alonso AlvarezXaime Naveira Pedreira
8th Edition (2003)Salvador Moreno Pérez ; Alexandre Nerium (shared prize)Francisco Piñeiro GonzálezXaime Domínguez ToxoXoán Xosé García López
9th Edition (2004)María Goretti Fariña CaamañoManuel Luque Tapia ; María Rey TorrenteFrancisco Piñeiro GonzálezVicente Javier García Gómez ; Andrés Albuerne de Frutos
10th Edition (2005)María Teresa Núñez GonzálezAmadeo Cobas ; Unai González SuárezFrancisco Piñeiro GonzálezJulio Romero Suárez María ; Teresa López de la Fuente ; Domingo A. Martínez Martín
11th Edition (2006)Restituto Núñez CobosJuan Lorenzo Collado Gómez ; Alba Cid Fernández ; Isabel Oliver GonzálezFrancisco Rozados RivasJuan Lorenzo Collado Gómez ; Francisco Piñeiro González
12th Edition (2007)Carmen Caramés GorgalAlfredo Macías Macías ; Manuel Luque TapiaRafael Laso LorenzoFrancisco Piñeiro González ; Iván García Campos
13th Edition (2008)Feliciano Ramos NavarroJosé M. López Calo ; Cristalina López RodríguezMoisés Alvarez JorgeCarmen Cuevas Crespo ; Julio Romero Suárez
14th Edition (2009)Alba Cid FernándezSara Castelar Lorca ; Mª Isabel Gómez ArtoAlberto Rodríguez DíazJuan José Ruíz Moñino ; Isabel Julián Quiroga
15th Edition (2010)Emma PedreiraManuel García Díaz Pintado ; Rosa Piñeiro FariñaPepe PolNoa María Carballa Rivas ; Mercedes Blanco Iglesias
16th Edition (2011)Beatriz LorenzoJosé María Calo ; Pablo Núñez González ; Marcial González VigoXosé Manuel Dopazo MellaNoa María Carballa Rivas ; Mercedes Blanco Iglesias
17th Edition (2012)José Antonio Repeto GonzálezXosé Otero Canto ; Marcial González VigoMargarita Souvirón López ; Yoli LópezErick Hernández MoraPepe Pol ; Xaime Domínguez ToxoSofía Rodríguez Suárez ; Marcos Dios Almeida
18th Edition (2013)Ramón Sandoval PérezLuis García Pérez ; Jacobo Llamas MartínezXosé Otero Canto ; Mercedes Saénz Blasco ; José Gabriel Rodríguez AmbrosioManrique Fernández VázquezXosé Farruco Graña Rama ; José Luis Hernández GarviJosé Ángel Corral Suárez ; Antonio Garrigo Jiménez

See also

References

  1. "Certamen literario Manuel Orestes Rodríguez Lopez". www.concelloparadela.es.
  2. "Data" (PDF). manuelrodriguezlopez.org.
  3. "XV EDICIÓN CERTAME LITERARIO MANUEL-ORESTE RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | Concello de Paradela". Archived from the original on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. "XVII EDICIÓN CERTAMEN LITERARIO MANUEL-ORESTES RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | Concello de Paradela". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  5. "El certamen literario Manuel Orestes de Paradela contó con casi un millar de obras". 9 May 2013.
  6. "Data" (PDF). manuelrodriguezlopez.org.
  7. "Data" (PDF). manuelrodriguezlopez.org.
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2013-05-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "XVII EDICIÓN CERTAME LITERARIO MANUEL-ORESTES RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | Concello de Paradela". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
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