Reynaldo Pérez Liceísta National Poetry Competition Only opened a call

Published at: 04/04/2025 10:19 AM

Second Reynaldo Pérez Só 2025 National High School Poetry Competition opened the call to young students who are sensitive and motivated to write, who are in both public and private institutions, at all levels of secondary education in the country, to participate with their texts.

According to information from Venezolana de Televisión, they will have until May 15 to register their unpublished texts (with a minimum length of 10 and a maximum of 20 pages), for this contest organized by the Sectorial Vice Presidency of Communication, Culture and Tourism; the Ministry of Popular Power for Education; and the Juan Calzadilla National School of Poetry.

The coordinator of this school, Ana María Oviedo, stressed that caring for high school students “is very important, so that they have self-knowledge, because we create sensitivities so that they know themselves and discover their vocation.”

For his part, the coordinator of the National School of Poetry (Caracas chapter), José Javier Sánchez, commented that the experience with the first edition of this contest was “a great satisfaction; we managed to invite more than 300 students, so that they, from their voice and word, could express a little the universe of their sensitivity”.

Young students from all levels of secondary education in the country, both public and private, will be able to participate in this call. The contestants will send their texts in a word or PDF file to the email: [email protected], with a minimum length of ten (10) pages and a maximum of twenty (20), in Arial font, size 12, in double space. The texts must be unpublished and not have been awarded in another competition.

The file of the work must be identified under a pseudonym and in another separate word or PDF file, the names and surnames of the author, room address, personal telephone numbers, email, proof of studies and scanned identity card will be placed, as well as the representative's data. These requirements are mandatory.

Three (3) prizes will be awarded in two categories: 1st to 3rd year students and 4th and 6th year students. The Prizes will consist of: First Place: A trip by the winner with their representative to a national tourist destination. Second place: a collection of poetry books and a tablet. Third place: A tablet. All the winning works will be published in digital format and the authors will participate in the XIX World Poetry Festival of Venezuela. The winners will be announced on June 5, 2025.

VTV/Mazo News Team