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A total of 76 students from 13 centers are participating in this second edition of the awards.
The Consell de Mallorca has awarded the Premis Mallorca Jove 2025 to new talents in poetry and narrative in Catalan. Specifically, ten students and four finalists have been honored.
The award ceremony took place at the Misericòrdia and was attended by the island’s president, Llorenç Galmés, and the vice president and councilor for Culture and Heritage, Antònia Roca, who presented the awards to the winning students.
As highlighted by the Consell, the call for submissions has been a success with the participation of 76 individuals from 13 educational centers, which is 16 students and three centers more than last year.
The island’s president emphasized the institution’s work in helping young people learn about the roots and vocabulary of the traditional tales that are already part of Mallorca’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.
He also noted that one of the requirements for this call was that the submitted works must include some of the following words: ‘Embalum’, ‘rebost’, ‘trinxet’, ‘cabellera’, ‘colgar’, ‘sarau’, ‘betzol’, ‘sarró’, ‘esflorar’, ‘falaguer’, ‘pitxorina’, ‘averany’, ‘testa’, ‘buina’, or ‘garrit/garrida.’
«It is exciting to see how the Premis Mallorca Jove, in this second edition, continue to inspire a growing number of young people in Mallorca. The increased participation reflects the enthusiasm and commitment of the new generations to the island’s culture, reaffirming the importance of this competition as a promoter of youth talent,» he celebrated.
AWARDED STUDENTS
In the poetry category for third and fourth-year ESO students, the Balanguera Prize has been awarded to Jan Pitarch Riera as the winner, who received 350 euros and the complete collection of Mallorcan tales by Jordi d’es Racó. The finalist, Clara Gual Roses, was awarded 250 euros and the same literary collection.
Regarding narrative for third and fourth-year ESO students, the Bearn Prize was granted to Lluc Homar Vidal, who received 350 euros and a complete set of Mallorcan tales, while the finalist, Bruna Calafat Boscana, received 250 euros and the same collection.
For first and second-year Baccalaureate students, the Pi de Formentor Poetry Prize was awarded to Gabriel Ferrer Miró as the winner and Núria Carrillo Zanoguera as the finalist.
Similarly, in narrative for Baccalaureate, the Joana E. Prize distinguished Bàrbara Elionor Vallespir Cortès as the winner and Gabriel Llabrés Pol as the finalist. They all received the same prizes as in the previous categories.
Finally, as a novelty this year, the Bookmarks Design Prize was introduced exclusively for first and second-year ESO students. The winners were Helmut Duvier Carreño Forero, Toni Ginard Rigo, Joan Andreu Tortella, Zakaria Madrane, Melina Sánchez Ficicchia, and Pedro Risco Quetglas.
Each awardee received a diploma, 120 euros, and a complete collection of Mallorcan tales, in recognition of their creativity and talent in graphic design.
RECOGNITION OF CENTERS
In addition to the awarded students, the Consell has recognized the educational centers that have been linked to the winning and finalist works, as a tribute to their efforts to strengthen their commitment to literature and culture.
This year, the IES Josep Font i Trias stood out thanks to the two winning works by its students in the Bearn and Joana E. categories.
Therefore, this center received two free activities from the Cultural Activities Catalog of the Consell de Mallorca (Cacim), as well as a performance at the Teatre Principal de Palma for the finalist student’s class group.
Regarding the centers with winning works, the IES Binissalem was awarded in the Balanguera category and will receive an activity from the Cultural Activities Catalog of the Consell, and the IES Berenguer d’Anoia in Inca was awarded in the Pi de Formentor category and will also receive an activity from Cacim.
As for the centers with finalist works, the IES Can Peu Blanc in sa Pobla, in the Joana E. category; the Centre Àgora Portals in Portals Nous, in the Balanguera category; and the Centre Sant Josep Obrer in Palma will enjoy a group performance at the Teatre Principal de Palma.
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