A vuxe de Câdesédda. In memory of Bruno Rombi

Art. 1 – The ‘A vuxe de Câdesédda. In memory of Bruno Rombi’ International Literary Prize is now open, welcoming writers and poets from all nationalities.

Art. 2 – The prize is divided into three categories:
Poetry and short stories in ITALIAN;
Poetry and short stories in TABARCHINO;
Published poetry and short stories.

Art. 3 – The prize is exclusively dedicated to adults.

Art. 4 – For all categories, the theme is free.

Art. 5 – Each author may participate by submitting up to two poems for the poetry section and four A4 pages for the short story section, strictly in Word format. The font ‘Garamond’ in size 14 must be used.

Art. 6 – Participants in the unpublished works category must send the attached registration form to the competition’s secretariat, confirming that the works are unpublished and owned by the authors, to the following email address:premiobrunorombi@gmail.com

The email must include the work in two copies: one with the participant’s personal details (name, surname, address, phone number, and email), and the other with only the work, in an anonymous form. Each author is responsible for the content of their submissions.

For published works, three copies of the books must be sent to the prize’s secretariat at the following address:Premio Bruno Rombi c/o Claudio Moica – Via Grazia Deledda n. 1 – 09010 San Giovanni Suergiu (SU).

Art. 7 – Submitted works will not be returned. The secretariat reserves the right to publish the works deemed best.

Art. 8 – Participants must sign a release granting the ‘Contramilonga ETS’ Association permission to publish their unpublished works in an anthology or other format, as well as on any current media platforms. There will be no compensation for the published works. The proceeds from the sale of the anthology will be reinvested into activities related to the prize.

Art. 9 – Works must be submitted to the secretariat as outlined in Article 6 of these regulations, by no later than 25 May 2025 (unless otherwise specified by the secretariat).

Art. 10 –  The winners will be announced during the first ten days of August 2025 in the municipality of Calasetta (SU) as part of the XIV th edition of the “LiberEvento” Cultural Festival.

TThe secretariat will inform participants of the results and the location of the award ceremony.

Art. 11 – The works will be evaluated by the jury’s final and irrevocable decision. The names of the jury members will be revealed on the day of the award ceremony.

Art. 12 – The first-place winners in each category will receive a cash prize. The second and third-place winners will be awarded a certificate and their work will be read during the award ceremony.

Poetry and short stories in Italian language:
First prize poetry: 150 €
First prize short stories: 150 €

Poetry and short stories in Tabarchina Language:
First prize poetry: 150 €
First prize short stories: 150 €

Edited Works:
First prize for poetry in Tabarchina language: 100 €
First prize fot short stories in Tabarchina language: 100 €
First prize for poetry in Italian language: 100 €
First prize for short stories in Italian language: 100 €

Only the top three finishers in each section will be notified of the outcome of the competition and must confirm their attendance to collect their prize. Those who do not show up or do not confirm their attendance will automatically forfeit both the prize money and the parchment, and the organisation reserves the right to downgrade the ranking to award the prize in any case.

A certificate of participation will be sent to all participants by e-mail in the months following the awarding date. The final classification of the first three prize-winners per section will be made public, after the award date, on the festival website.

Art. 13 – Those who have declined the prize in previous editions will not be allowed to participate in the competition.

Art. 14 – The ‘Established Authors’ category will participate out of competition, by personal invitation only. The works of these authors will be read by an actor during the award ceremony.

Art. 15 – Information pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 on the Protection of Personal Data. The processing of data, the confidentiality of which we guarantee, is carried out exclusively for the purposes inherent to the competition in which you are taking part. Participants’ data will not be communicated or disclosed to third parties for any reason whatsoever and they may request their deletion or modification free of charge by writing to the association (contramilonga@gmail.com – contramilonga@pec.it).

Art. 16 – Any official communication or change regarding the provisions of these regulations will be directly communicated to participants at least one week in advance.

Art. 17 –  For any disputes, the Court of Cagliari will have jurisdiction. For further information visit the website www.liberevento.it or write to the e-mail address premiobrunorombi@gmail.com or call +39 329 7135426.