- Call for applications for study grants for the winning students of the Valencian Language Olympiad 2026-27 [pdf]
- Extract of the call for applications [pdf]
- Rules of the Valencian Language Olympiad 2026-27 [pdf]
- Reference anthology 2027 [pdf]
Objectives
The aim of this Olympiad is twofold: on the one hand, to stimulate and promote the study of the language and our literature among Baccalaureate students, rewarding effort and seeking academic excellence; on the other hand, to create readers of Catalan-Valencian literature and promote the literary creation of the students.
Participants
Students in the 1st and 2nd years of Bachillerato from public, state-subsidised and private schools, preferably in the province of Valencia. Participation will be in teams of two people. Teams may mix students from different years. A maximum of 12 teams per school may participate.
Date and place
The test will take place on April 2027, 10, at 9:00 am, at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the University of Valencia (Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 32). Exceptionally, the meeting may be modified if circumstances make it advisable. In this case, registered students will be informed in due course.
Syllabus
The syllabus for the *Bachillerato* subjects "Valencian: Language and Literature 1" and "Valencian: Language and Literature 2" (content published in the DOGV on August 12, 2022).
The exam will align with the knowledge students are expected to possess according to the subject curriculum.
- History of Literature (45 items): 40 of these items will be multiple-choice questions; the remaining 5 items will be drawn from the Reference Anthology, requiring the identification of the text's author or title, as specified by the question. Questions in this section will cover authors and works ranging from the beginnings of Catalan literature (12th–13th centuries) to the present day. A significant portion of these questions will relate to the mandatory literary readings for the second year of *Bachillerato*.
- Language (40 items): this section will include questions covering various branches of linguistics (phonetics, syntax, morphology, dialectology, sociolinguistics, and lexicon). Some of these questions will be based on a reference text. Incorrect answers will result in a deduction of one-third of the question's value. Unanswered questions will not be counted.
Type of examination
The exam will consist of two parts:
Test 1. This will consist of 85 multiple-choice questions (covering the aforementioned blocks). This test will last 60 minutes. Scoring: 60% of the overall grade.
Test 2. This will consist of two texts—one literary and one non-literary—from which students must choose one. This test will last 60 minutes and account for 40% of the overall grade. Students must explain the theme and structure (providing a reasoned analysis) and write a summary of approximately six lines. They must also write an original text.
- Literary text: students must write a text with typological characteristics similar to the one they read. They must provide a title and maintain the narrative voice, narrative tense, expressive devices, etc. Finally, they must justify their personal opinion regarding the text's theme.
- Non-literary text: students must write a text with typological characteristics similar to the one they read. They must provide a title and present arguments similar to those in the source text, incorporating some of the rhetorical devices found in the reference text. They must also express their personal opinion regarding the text's theme.
Scoring: Out of a total of 10 points, the theme is worth 1 point; structure, 2 points; summary, 2 points; original text, 5 points. Spelling and grammatical errors (excluding repetitions) will result in a deduction of 0.05 points each.
There will be a 60-minute break between the two tests. The evaluation committee will only grade Test 2 for the top 25 teams from Test 1.
