The Union of Cuban Journalists in the province and its base delegations in the Camagüey correspondent of the Cuban News Agency (ACN) and in the newspaper Adelante, convene the Nicolás Guillén chronicle contest in its second edition that celebrates the 121st anniversary of the extraordinary journalist and National Poet of Cuba and the 60th anniversary of that professional organization.

Students, professionals and other interested persons residing in the territory, members or not of UPEC, and including those who do not practice journalism may participate. The theme is free. The texts will be presented in Arial 12 font, with a maximum length of sixty lines, and will be received until Monday, July 3rd at the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The contestants will accompany their stories with the following information: name and surname, home address, work or study center, identity card number, and a telephone number to locate them.

The jury will award three prizes and on July 10th, at 9:00 a.m. will announce the results in the birthplace of the National Poet, where the provincial headquarters of the UPEC resided for several years, and today it houses the Camagüey’s branch of the Nicolás Guillén Foundation. This institution will reward the work that best reflects the imprint of the 1983 National Literature Award. In addition, there will be a panel session with presentations dedicated to the collection of poems El diario que a diario, to the chronicles section Pisto Manchego, and to the radio documentary I come from walk and here I stay.

Nicolás Guillén Batista (1902-1989) began in his hometown, Camagüey, his journalistic and poetic exercise, of international value and become one of the Cuban milestones in both creative aspects.

The chronicle was his favorite journalistic genre, through which he wrote a wide range of topics on local, national and international social, economic and political life.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez