The Hortensia Roig Prize for children's literature has announced the title of the four finalist novels that aspire to the first prize. A total of 179 manuscripts written by authors from all over the country have participated in the second edition of the literary contest. The initiative aims to encourage, through reading, girls' interest in STEM careers and to make female references in these areas visible.
The four candidate novels are: “The Mansion of the Ten Doors” by Lucía Álvarez Álvarez (Oviedo), “Sofía's Glasses” by Lucía Carballeira Vieites (Santiago de Compostela), “The Zero Collectors” by Eva Escudero Fraile (Madrid ) and “Through dreams” by Jose M.ª Vázquez Ana (Alicante).
The jury has met in Valencia to determine which will be the winning work. The ruling will be made public on September 19 in an event that will be attended by the finalists and will be held at EDEM Escuela de Empresarios.
The president of the jury, Hortensia Roig, after the deliberation, highlighted “the great literary quality of the works presented that perfectly capture the valuable purpose of this competition and that have strong and brave female characters.”
Among the members are the president of EDEM and director of Mercadona, Hortensia Roig; the oncologist and professor Ana Lluch; the nanotechnologist and researcher Laura Lechuga; the CEO of 50
The Hortensia Roig Prize for children's literature seeks to awaken the curiosity and confidence of girls in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, to reduce the gap in these fundamental areas for the future and well-being of society. Also guide them so that they can choose related professions and contribute to scientific and technological development.
