Two women have won in this edition with the prizes of the Foundation’s Story Contest La Caixa. fly without wingsof María Luisa Hernández de la Morahas received the first prize in the short story category, while The invisibleof María Loreto Perera Garcíahas been the winner of the short story category.
In the podcast category it has won recognition Prior appointmentof Salvador Santamaría Barrios. In total, 5,183 works created by people over 60 years of age from all over Spain have been received, 46% more than last year: 3,498 stories, 1,522 short stories and 163 podcasts.
An older woman, scarred by loss and war, revives her longing to fly. Facing the limitations of his age and with determination, he seeks to regain the freedom of his youth in a final act of defiance. This is the story of fly without wingsby María Luisa Hernández de la Mora (Aranjuez), the winning story of the XVI Contest of Stories Written by Elderly People, organized by the ”la Caixa” Foundation together with National Radio of Spain (RNE) and with the collaboration of La Vanguardia, in which it has been an edition with a historical record of participation in all categories.
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In the short story category, the first prize was won by The invisiblea protest text by María Loreto Perera García (Tenerife), and in the podcast category it has won the Cita Previa recognition, a narration in a humorous tone created by Salvador Santamaría Barrios (Malaga). In addition to the first prizes awarded in the three categories, a second prize was awarded to the podcast Ángeles, by Lourdes Ramírez Sevilla (Málaga).
Although the increase in participation has been notable in all categories, the podcast growtha category launched just a year ago, which has doubled the number of works presented. In addition, an increase has also been detected in terms of production quality, editing and use of sound effects.
The celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the contest, which this year took place in CaixaForum Sevillehas culminated with a flamenco performance by the Alalah Foundationan organization dedicated to supporting children and young people at risk of social exclusion, helping them build a more promising future.
In addition, the trophies made by the Mascasadevall Autism Foundation: They consist of handcrafted pieces that allude to the figure of the bird, as an allegory to the contest’s motto “give wings to your imagination”, and have been made with fired ceramics and paper mache with texts from stories from previous editions.
The event had the participation of Marc Simondeputy director general of the Foundation the Caixaand of Rocio Barragangeneral director of Senior Citizens of the Government of Andalusia. The 20 finalists went to the event site to hear the verdict of the jury, made up of the writers Soledad Puértolas and Fernando Schwartz; the journalists Ana Vega ToscanoRNE culture expert; Michael Molinadeputy director of La Vanguardia, and David Velascodirector of the Foundation’s Senior Citizens program the Caixa; as well as the winners of the 2023 edition, Cello Cameselle and Gaspar Marqués.
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