The Italian Week 2009 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce a National LiteraryContest in PROSE and POETRY. The contest is open to Canadian citizens as well as to Italian citizens residing in Canada, with the exception of the Committee members, the panel of judges and their families. 

Participants may submit no more than two texts in each of the following categories:

 - Poetry in Italian, maximum 50 lines per poem.

- Short Story in Italian, minimum 2,000 words, maximum 6,000 words per short story.

- Short Story in English or French on an Italian theme: minimum 2,000 words,  

  maximum 6,000 words per short story. (There will be prizes for each language).

-       Two copies of each entry must be submitted, one of which must contain: name, surname, address, telephone number and/or e-mail.

-       No fax or e-mail submissions accepted.

-       Unpublished submissions only.

-       Submissions will not be returned. A copy of each submission will be placed in the archives of the “Settimana Italiana”.

-       The Judging Committee intends, with the authors’ permission, to publish the best entries.

-       Typed submissions must be mailed and post-marked no later than May 8, 2009 to

the following address:

Ital Canada/Settimana Italiana

Concorso Letterario

1026 Baseline Road

Ottawa, ONT.

K2C 0A6

Two prizes in each category will be awarded: 

1^st Prize: $300.00

2^nd Prize: $200.00

The prizes will be awarded during the Italian Week in June 2009.