At the first competition for best unpublished literary work, announced by the Department of Creative Writing at the American University College Skopje in cooperation with the publishing house Ars Lamina, 23 manuscripts were submitted (10 short stories, 11 poetic works, one essay and one play). Thirteen manuscripts are written in Macedonian, four in Albanian, and six in English.<\/p>\n
Manuscripts were evaluated by a committee composed of the poets Nikola Madzirov and Arlind Farizi, professors and writers Ivana Trajanoska and Ivan Dodovski (heads of the Creative Writing Master Program at the University American College Skopje) and Bisera Bendevska, editor and representative from the publishing house Ars Lamina.<\/p>\n
Bearing in mind the aim of the competition to encourage writing practices that stand out with linguistic and stylistic originality and with thematic relevance, the jury committee unanimously decided to award five prizes, namely:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0two third prizes: to Adelina Xhaferi for the poem\u00a0Ne s’i ngjajm\u00eb t\u00eb djeshmes<\/em>\u00a0and to Martina Veselinovska for the dramatic text\u00a0Footprints Immortalized in the Sand<\/em>;<\/strong> Jovana Matevska-Atanasova is the winner of the main prize – a scholarship provided by Triglav Penzisko Drushtvo AD<\/strong> for 2750 euros for full tuition for enrollment in the Master’s Program in Creative Writing at the School of Foreign Languages at the American University College Skopje.<\/p>\n In addition to the award-winning works, the jury commission recommends for publication in a special edition of the University American College Skopje and the publishing house Ars Lamina the following works: the poem\u00a0S\u00ea prapthi drijt semiks<\/em>\u00a0by Adelina Xhaferi, the poem\u00a0Jagula\u00a0<\/em>by Nenad Jovanov, the short story\u00a0Krugot na Rampo<\/em>\u00a0by Victoria Mitrikeska, the short story\u00a0Veruvate li vo duhovi?<\/em>\u00a0 by Renata Jovanovska, the essay\u00a0N\u00eb labirintin e d\u012bnmave t\u00eb fjetura<\/em>\u00a0by Ezana Qamili, the short story\u00a0Struggle<\/em>\u00a0by Verce Miovska and the short story\u00a0Ora e heshtjes<\/em>\u00a0by Valdet Kadria.<\/p>\n
\n– two-second prizes: to Gordana Karakashevska for the poetry selection “Brshlen”, and to Brit Lilit for the poem A Week and A Day of Melted Chocolate Sensation<\/em>;<\/strong>
\n–\u00a0first prize to Jovana Matevska-Atanasova for the short story\u00a0Patuvanjeto na Berta<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n