The Italian editor Gruppo Albatros, specialised in the publication of new contemporary writers, announces the International Literary Prize, Nuove Voci, dedicated to poetry and narrative works in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.  

 

The aim of this initiative is to become a point of reference for emerging international literature.

 

Participation is free of charge, the winning works will be translated and published into Italy by the Gruppo Albatros.

Following is the publication of the entire announcement

 

Gruppo Albatros, in collaboration with Vertigo,

Announces the 1st edition of the International Literary Prize

Nuove Voci

Expiry date 31 March 2010

 

 

Art. 1 - Sections

4 sections are envisioned:

a. Poetry or narrative work, open subject, in English.

b. Poetry or narrative work, open subject, in French.

c. Poetry or narrative work, open subject, in Spanish.

d. Poetry or narrative work, open subject, in Portuguese.

 

Art. 2 - Length of the works

Poetry length must be made up of a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 80 texts.

Narrative works must be made up of a minimum of 50 pages (each page consists of 1800 characters, including spaces).

 

Art. 3 - Judges

The judges are from among the publisher’s representatives.

 

Art. 4 - Requirements to participate

Participation is free and open to all.

 

Art. 5 - Conditions for participation

In order to participate in the Prize, you just need to send a sample of your own work, by e-mail only, to the following address: prize@gruppoalbatros.co.uk

The e-mail must have the author’s information (name, last name, address and telephone number).

 

Art. 6 - Expiry

The e-mails containing the works must be mailed absolutely before Wednesday, 31 March 2010.

 

Art. 7 - Results

The results will be published by 30 June 2010, via publication of the names of the winners on this site and by sending personal communication to all the participants.

 

Art. 8 - Prizes

The winning works from each section will be translated into Italian and published in Italy, and their authors will receive an advance on the royalties of the equivalent of 250.00 Euros.

 

Art. 9 - Notifications

The judges reserve the right to notify other deserving authors who could receive an editorial proposal.

 

Art. 10

Participation in the prize means automatically accepting all the articles in the present Regulations.

 

Art. 11

The prize participants accept the treatment of their personal data.

 
 

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