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The mayor of Torre Pacheco, Antonio León, has participated, together with the Councilor for Culture, Raúl Lledó, and the Municipal Librarian, Juana Sánchez, in the Virtual Awards delivery of the XXVII Villa de Torre Pacheco Short Story Contest, whose winning work has It has been "Anselmo", by Raúl Valiente García, and from the IX Short Story Contest of the Torre Pacheco Municipal Public Library whose winning work has been titled "National Party" by Valentín García Valledor.

Antonio León wanted to congratulate the winners and thank all the authors for their participation in both contests.The Mayor has reported that since today the health situation continues to be difficult, it has been chosen to carry out the Act of Delivery of Awards virtually, making it coincide with the Day of the Libraries, remembering that this act was usually made to coincide with the Campaign of activities commemorating Book Day."The celebration of the Villa de Torre Pacheco Short Story Contest began in our municipality in 1994, and this year 2020 we have celebrated its twenty-seventh edition, in a call in which 321 works, 321 authors who have sent us, have attended the contest their stories ", has commented the Mayor of Torre Pacheco. In addition, he added that "the IX Short Story Contest of the Municipal Public Library is also convened with the aim of promoting writing, encouraging reading, discovering literary talent, telling a story in a few words" and that "this year 181 short stories have been submitted to the contest that can be read on the library's blog ". Given the decisions issued by email by each of the members of the Jury and the votes counted, the work entitled "Anselmo" was the winner of the XXVII Villa de Torre Pacheco Short Story Contest, whose author is Raúl Valiente García, from Burgos , who has received a cash prize in the amount of € 2,000.For the IX Contest of Micro-stories of the Municipal Public Library of Torre Pacheco, the winning work has been entitled "National Party" whose author is Valentín García Valledor, from Caudete (Albacete), who has received a prize worth € 150.Antonio León, has reiterated his congratulations to the winners and wanted to thank the participation in these competitions, in addition to assessing and thanking the work of the qualifying jury of these two literary competitions called by the Torre Pacheco City Council, thanking them for the work carried out at the time to read and evaluate all the works, remembering that the jury's decision was made on July 31 and whose votes were received electronically.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco