Excerpts from the works of the young writers were read by the jury commission, and every member of the society had the opportunity to participate in the public vote. The next (third) round of evaluation will continue until October 25, when the three final works will be announced and submitted to the publisher.
Of the 122 young writers who applied for the competition in the spring, 45 participants submitted novels, and only 10 of them have passed the second round of evaluation and reached the semi-finals.
Authors and works submitted for further evaluation are (the order is not informative):
- Anna Marija Serģe I want to show you something;
- Dace Ribena Red and black sound;
- E. Brunghurds How to summon demons friends;
- Chrome Our class flight;
- Karina Stern Sea pomegranate;
- Laura Lūse Purple etudes;
- Linda Skranda Cities;
- Stārastniece Before you woke up;
- Toms Deimonds Barvidis Green Deep;
- Violent Promised to the dream thief.
The competition is designed to promote the growth of young Latvian prose writers. The winning work will receive a project Library initiator, long-term patron of Latvian literature Baltic International Bank financial support – 3000 euros – for publishing a novel in a publishing house Diary, pay publicity for the project Library as well as the opportunity to spend one calendar month at the International House of Writers and Translators (SRTM) in Ventspils.
“The works submitted to the competition are different, which seems to be self-evident if each author is a personality,” reveals literary critic and cultural journalist Jūlija Dibovska, one of the members of the Young Writers’ Competition jury. “Impressed by independence, variety of interests and characters. There are both literary works of the genre (more commercial) and those that are more difficult to include on a particular shelf. Many texts are diligently cherished and literally taken from the author’s individual world and target shelf. The author has also read a certain amount of text himself, as the breath and influence of world literature is felt. So there are still a large number of people who, perhaps busy with completely different jobs on a daily basis, can’t not write, can’t build new worlds, and are obviously trying to be interesting to someone. “
Cooperation partners of the competition: National Library of Latvia, Public Media Portal LSM.lv, publishing house Diary, Latvian Literature of the Year Award, @ International House of Writers and Translators.
The Young Writers Competition is a reading promotion project Library fourth season initiative. Project Library is a patron of Latvian literature Baltic International Bank a social project was initiated with the aim of promoting reading and writing in Latvia. Library started its activities in 2018, publishing a series of interviews with significant figures in Latvian literature and culture about the value of literature in human life. Thanks to the wide public response and involvement, in 2019 the project was continued with a traveling exhibition Family book while in 2020 a series was created for families with young children Love the book! and an edition came out Family coats of arms in modern Latvia. Within the framework of the project, initiatives and appeals are regularly developed for various groups of the society, with the aim to pay attention to literature as an inherited value and to promote the development of reading habits in the society.
More information about the project Library Homepage: www.manabiblioteka.lv and social networking profiles Instagram, Facebook a Twitter (@manabiblioteka).
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