The jury in the short story competition on the issue of domestic and gender violence, organised annually by the Adeje council’s department of equality, have picked the winners. The student body also took part in an art competition on the same theme. The story theme was expanded to include the services available, how victims can access help and seek to escape the cycle of violence.
The jury said they were looking for the standard of writing, originality, the use of language, rhetoric, and originality. They were also happy to include current styles in use of language and local context used in storytelling, given the writers and the age of the people in their stories.
“We have noticed a high level of understanding of the concept of domestic and gender violence among our young people, among the students who took part, in this case 4th year in our secondary schools, so 15 and 16 year olds”, commented the jury.
Adeje’s Equality councillor, Desiderio Afonso Ruiz, congratulated all those who took part and the teachers in the various secondary schools who include the activity in their class programmes. “We received more than 200 scripts from public and private schools in the borough (Los Olivos, El Galeón, and Colegio Internacional Costa Adeje), he said”.
The Short Story Winners
First prize went to Eugenia González González, Colegio Internacional Costa Adeje for “Mi punto de vista”. Second prize, for “En constancia” went to another student from Colegio Internacional Costa Adeje, Ana Isabel Lasheras Németh, and Gabriela Rivero Siverio del IES Adeje won third place for “Hay Vida en tus sueños”. The jury also awarded commendations for a number of students, Maikel Asniel Nordelo Ulloa from IES El Galeón for “La Marioneta”, and Irene Candelaria Aguilar González from IES El Galeón for “Dulces mentiras, amargas realidades”.
Winning Works of Art
While there was a lower level of participation, students from all the borough’s secondary institutions did take part. The overall winner was Alicia González D’amato and Aitana Rodríguez García from IES Adeje for “Lo que nadie ve”. Second prize was for “La anulación” by Hanqui Zhang from Colegio Internacional Costa Adeje. Tifanny Patricia Núñez from IES Adeje was third with “Miradas vacías”. There were also commendations for “No más” by Mariana Rizo Zambrano, IES Adeje and “Shadow” by Zoe Krumm Maurer, IES Adeje.
