The awards ceremony for the ‘Trau la llengua’ competition returns to an in-person format after two online editions due to the pandemic. Thirteen schools and 75 students participated in the eighth edition of the creative writing competition, which promotes the creative use of languages among secondary school students.
Classical Greek has been added to the list of languages included in the entries, alongside French, English, German, Valencian and Spanish. A group of sixth form students from the Reial Escola Pia de Gandia presented a project in Classical Greek for the digital stories section, which won first prize.
Excerpt from the digital story in classical Greek by the students of the Reial Escola Pia
‘It was our teacher who encouraged us to make the video. We thought it was a good idea, and what started as a joke ended up winning us the prize,’ said the sixth-form students from Reial Escola Pia. ‘I've always liked writing, but it was my teacher who encouraged me,’ agreed Amanda Vera from Pio XII School, winner of the second prize in the micro-poem category.
Those responsible for presenting the awards, the dean of the faculty, Amparo Ricós, the vice-dean of Undergraduate Studies, Sergio Maruenda, and French language teacher Natalia Campos, also thanked the secondary school and sixth form teachers for the fundamental role they played in motivating the students to take part.
The winning comic in English was shown to the audience, and the winners of the micro-story and micro-poem sections, Laia Montagud and María García, read their work live. Laia, who wrote a micro-story about gender-based violence, confessed that she does not usually express her opinion publicly and that the competition was an opportunity to talk about this issue.
Winning micropoem
Excerpt of the winning comic
‘I would tell anyone who wants to enter that they have nothing to lose by trying, and that someone who wants to write will always know what to write about, so go for it,’ concluded Laia. Joan, from the artisan school, added that if someone's hobby is writing, the competition is a personal challenge that requires effort to participate in.
Winning micro-story:
