The day will open with the panel “The city against the mirror of poetry”, in which Grape of Aragon, Lionel Valdivia and Osvaldo Gallardo will participate.
Miami, United States. – The city of Hialeah will make the award of the Centennial Poetry Contest on Saturday, September 20, at 2:00 PM, in the John F. Kennedy library (190 West 49th Street, Hialeah, FL 33012). The act is part of the gathering The Cayman before the mirrorthat above its third anniversary as a cultural space of reference in the city, according to the program disseminated by the organizers.
The day will open with the panel “The city against the mirror of poetry”, in which Grape of Aragon, Lionel Valdivia and Osvaldo Gallardo will dialogue about the links between poetry and urban life, according to the information of the organizers.
The central moment will be the delivery of the awards of the contest dedicated to the 100 years of Hialeah, presented as a celebration of the memory, identity and future of the city through the voice of its poets.
Admission will be free and free. The program invites the community to participate in the literary commemoration of the centenary.
The contest – convened by the public libraries of Hialeah— It was announced last April With the title “Poetry over time: a tribute to the centenary of Hialeah”. The call opened participation at all ages, nationalities and places of residence, with unpublished texts in Spanish or English and independent awards for each language. The works that are winning will receive a prize of 500 dollars, an original diploma and work, the organizers then reported.
In that note it was also specified that poems should revolve around the city of Hialeah and reflect their cultural, social and historical essence. He also explained that compositions would be accepted in free verse or in any estrophic form, with a maximum extension of 300 verses. The works had to be totally unpublished and present under a motto and pseudonym system.
