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sprichcode is an Austrian competition for German-language literature and photography.

The competition for 14 to 25 year olds was founded in 2001 by the municipality of Leonding and by Leopold Kislinger, lecturer at the Art University Linz. The prize is awarded every two years. The jurors for the literature section are currently Karin Fleischanderl and Gustav Ernst , for the photography Gabriele Rothemann and Margret Weber-Unger.

With 6,400 texts sent in, sprichcode is currently the largest youth literary competition in the German-speaking area.

Prices

A total of 6,000 euros will be awarded for each round. The first places in the literature competition are each endowed with 1,000 euros. The media cooperation partners , the Upper Austrian News and the ORF Radio Upper Austria , as well as the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labor each give their own awards.

Attendees

year	Attendees	Participant literature	Participant photography	Contributions to literature	Posts photography
2011/2012	836	386	560	1163	7037
2009/2010	1085			1455	6308
2007/2008	905			1428	5011
2003/2004	269			636	411

Award winners

2001/2002	literature
1st place	Antonia Rahofer
2nd place	Heiko C. Schicklbauer
3rd place	Marlen Kelnreiter

2003/2004	literature	photography
1st place	Barbara Ratzenböck	Iris Hable
2nd place	Rudi jun. Stüger	Silke Traunfellner
3rd place	Dominik Gohla	Miriam Ebner

2005/2006	literature	photography
1st place	Johanna Dellinger	Teresa Fellinger
2nd place	Marielis Beham	Christoph Filnkößl
3rd place	Florian Kobler	Josef Kemetmüller

2007/2008	literature	photography
1st place	Irene Diwiak	Sarah Jonas
2nd place	Nina-Lucia Gross	David Aaron Wittinghofer
3rd place	Marielis Beham	Valentina Dellinger

2009/2010	literature	photography
1st place	Nadja Spiegel	Valentin Postlmayr
2nd place	Sophie Plappert	Nathalie Posch
3rd place	Magdalena Leichter	Anna Sophia Russmann

2011/2012	literature	photography
1st place	Linda Achberger	Katharina Perschl
2nd place	Eva Stadlbauer	Alina Bittner & Patricia Heigl
3rd place	Iris Zechner	Anna Niederleitner & Lisa Völtl

literature

Leo Kislinger (Ed.): We Genies. Scarab, Innsbruck 2008.
Leo Kislinger (ed.): Young, beautiful, successful. Scarab, Innsbruck 2010.
Leo Kislinger (Ed.): The doors of the day. Scarab, Innsbruck 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ The most brilliant texts and photos of young creative people, in: OÖNachrichten Thema, Sprichcode 2012, Friday, January 20, 2012, p. 1.

[1] The most brilliant texts and photos of young creative people, in: OÖNachrichten Thema, Sprichcode 2012, Friday, January 20, 2012, p. 1.