Sidra de Autor awards in Villaviciosa to feature Xuacu Amieva premiere

Teatro Riera in Villaviciosa will host the first Sidra de Autor International Short Story Competition awards on Saturday 21 November. Xuacu Amieva will premiere “Himnu a la sidre” (Hymn to Cider).

Fundación Automáticos Tineo para el Fomento de la Cultura will honour the winners of the inaugural competition. The ceremony will take place in collaboration with Asturias Capital Mundial de la Poesía and feature the first performance of Amieva’s cider hymn.

The competition received 520 stories from 23 countries. The jury’s decision, reported by LA SIDRA in October, awarded three main prizes and six commendations worth €350 each. The competition rules set out its aim of promoting Asturian cider culture through literature.

The three main prizes

1. Patrimonio con IVA, Nathaly Judith Silva Villanueva (€2,000 and a sculpture by César Castaño).
2. La sidra no es una bebida, Azucena Fernández Alba (€1,000).
3. El vaso que pasaba, María de Felipe González (€500).

The foundation has published the full list of award-winning stories.

Programme. The guest reception is at 7 pm. The ceremony starts at 7.30 pm and is scheduled to finish at 8.45 pm. An espicha, a traditional Asturian cider gathering, follows at 9 pm in Villaviciosa’s Plaza de Abastos. Admission to the theatre is free, subject to capacity.