Home / News / The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2013-2014 back to news The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth 2013-2014 Literary Contests • News • Novels for Youth Contest 19th November, 2014 The prize-giving ceremony for the Literary Contest ‘Novels for Youth’ 2013-2014, took place last Sunday, 16th of November, 2014, in the Sacra Infermeria Hall, MCC, Valletta as part of the National Book Festival 2014 programme of events. The contest is a collaboration between the National Book Council and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ. The two winners selected from amongst 8 submitted manuscripts were Stephen Lughermo with his novel ‘X’aħna Smart’ who placed first and Leanne Ellul with her novel ‘Gramma’. Both winners were presented with a symbolic trophy, a €1,000 cash prize and a commemorative certificate. As delineated in Mr. Mark Camilleri’s (Executive Chairman of the National Book Council) speech, for the first time ever, the winners of this contest are being offerred creative writing ‘workshops’ to improve their writing skills, over and above the prizes mentioned above. In her speech, Ms. Miriam Teuma (Chief Executive of Aġenzija Zgħażagħ ) told the audience that this contest will be launched again early next year for emerging writers interested in participating and honing their writing skills even more. Both winning manuscripts will be published by publishers chosen following a call for expression of interest in the Government Gazette and local newspapers. During the ceremony, extracts from both winning manuscripts were read out to the audience. SHARE POST Related Articles Malta Book Fund Goes Fully Online with an Increased Budget for 2025 Malta Book Fund 17th March, 2025 Read More The National Book Council has rebranded! News 5th March, 2025 Read More Call for Delegates: Malta Named Focus Country for the 2025 Mediterranea Publishing Fellowship Initiatives 28th February, 2025 Read More The National Book Council at the 2025 London Book Fair News 25th February, 2025 Read More NBC and Wikimedia Malta announce Wikimedians in Residence for National Book Prize Project News 20th February, 2025 Read More National Book Prize 2025 – Applications Are Open National Book Prize 17th February, 2025 Read More NBC empowers local stakeholders at the London Book Fair 2025 Literary Exports 11th February, 2025 Read More The NBC’s Annual Report For 2024 News 4th February, 2025 Read More Festivals, Funds And Initiatives In 2025: Key Dates Festivals 29th January, 2025 Read More Join the NBC at the London Book Fair 2025: Guest Passes for NBC stakeholders from Malta Literary Exports 13th January, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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