Prešov short story competition

The Prešov short story competition (Slovak: Prešovská súťaž krátkych poviedok v nemeckom jazyku ) was a German-language literary competition in Slovakia and was held nationwide from 2009 to 2015.

Goal and implementation

The competition aimed to promote the German language in Slovakia. Young people should use the language casually, but at the same time artfully or artistically. The competition consisted of one section each for schoolchildren and students.

The organizers were the DAAD and ÖAD lectureships at the Institute for German Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of the Prešov University in Prešov in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service , the Goethe Institute in Bratislava, the Austrian Cultural Forum Bratislava, the Austrian Exchange Service , the central office for the Schools abroad and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The submitted contributions were evaluated by a commission made up of Austrian, German, Swiss and Slovak writers, artists and cultural mediators. The winners received scholarships or material prizes. The best contributions were also published annually in a book.

Competitions and juries

The competition took place for the first time in 2009. The topic was "Fried Egg". 65 entries were sent in. Members of the jury included Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker , Steffen Möller and Ľudovít Petraško . The first prize winners were Ján Želonka (Student category) and Marianna Sebőová (Student category).

In 2010 the competition took place under the topic of “ speaking foreign ”. There were 85 entries and the jury members included Catalin Dorian Florescu , Martin Becker , Thomas Schafferer and Ľudovít Petraško. This year the competition was also part of the "German - Language of Ideas" initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany . The first prizes were won by Kinga Pál in the student category and Radovana Miklošová in the student category.

The theme of 2011 was "Ballast". 123 texts were submitted, members of the jury included Gabriele Wohmann , Martin Leidenfrost and Michal Hvorecký . The first prizes were won by Luboš Kulan in the category for schoolchildren and Karin Maria Dvorak in the category for students. For the first time, a youth prize was also awarded to Martin Jajcay.

The theme of 2012 was “Key Experience”. The jury consisted of Esther Strauss, Gábor Fónyad-Joó, Hans Gerhard, Ľudovít Petraško and Michal Hvorecký, among others. More than 160 short stories were submitted. The winners were the students Veronika Bundziková and Stanislava Debnarová and the student Enikö Futó.

For 2013 the competition on the subject of "ancestors" was announced. Amelie Jánoska took first place in the “Students” category. Michaela Poláková won among the students. The jury consisted of Gábor Fónyad-Joó, Hans Gerhard, Christoph Henßen, Michal Hvorecký, Martin Leidenfrost, Maria-Luise Nünning, Ľudovít Petraško, Ingrid Puchalova, Evelyn Regenfus, Jennifer Schlößer and Frank Steffen.

In 2014, on the subject of “dream dancers”, there were around 60 entries. First place in the “Students” category went to Kamil Strišovský. Amelie Jánoska, 2013 winner, received a special award. Dominika Dvorecká took first place among the students. The jury consisted of Gábor Fónyad-Joó, Hans Gerhard, Martin Leidenfrost, Maria-Luise Nünning, Ľudovít Petraško, Ingrid Puchalova, Jennifer Schlößer and Frank Steffen.

The theme for 2015 was “Odyssey”. The student Nikoleta Csereová and the pupil Dušan Šuster won from 51 entries. The jury consisted of Gábor Fónyad-Joó, Hans Gerhard, Michael Huprich, Cornelie Kutscher, Martin Leidenfrost, Maria-Luise Nünning, Ľudovít Petraško and Frank Steffen.

Publications

Fried eggs. Short stories. Edited by Norbert Conti and Christian Irsfeld with the participation of Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker, Steffen Möller, Ľudovít Petraško, Arnulf Knafl, Evelyn Regenfus and Friederike Schomaker. Košice (Pectus) 2009. ISBN 978-80-89435-02-9
foreign speaking. Short stories. Edited by Christian Irsfeld and Norbert Conti with the participation of Catalin Dorian Florescu, Martin Becker, Thomas Schafferer, Ľudovít Petraško, Evelyn Regenfus, Hans Golombek, Maria-Luise Nünning and Arnulf Knafl. Norderstedt (BoD) 2010. ISBN 978-3-8391-9955-8
Ballast. Short stories. Edited by Christian Irsfeld, Norbert Conti and Marion Bujňáková with the participation of Gabriele Wohmann, Michal Hvorecký, Martin Leidenfrost, Ľudovít Petraško, Evelyn Regenfus, Roman Luckscheiter, Maria-Luise Nünning, Arnulf Knafl, Ingrid Puchalová and Gudrun Telge. Prešov (Grafotlač Šoltys) 2011. ISBN 978-80-970485-4-9
Key experience. Short stories. Edited by Meike van Hoorn and Christian Schneider. Prešov (Grafotlač Šoltys) 2012. ISBN 978-80-970034-3-2
Dream dancers. Edited by Meike van Hoorn, Ľudovít Petraško and Angela Straka. Prešov, DAH 2014. ISBN 978-80-89682-01-0 .
Odyssey . Edited by Elisabeth Denner, Meike van Hoorn and Ľudovít Petraško. Prešov, DAH, 2015, ISBN 978-80-89682-05-8