The winners of the 7th European edition of the Prix Laurence, literary competition for young authors

 

 

This Saturday and Sunday, the two finals (2 age categories) for the Laurence Prize, a literary competition for young authors aged 12 to 26, took place in Bettembourg.

 

 

The jury: Vesna Andonovic, Martine Forty, Jérôme Jaminet, Christiane Kremer, Christine Mandy, Antoine Pohu, Thomas Schoos and Pit Hoerold.

 

 

The winners:

 

Age category 12 - 17 years

 

1st Prize - Prix Laurence 2022: Marie Viry, Luxembourg - L’apothéose

2nd Prize: Aurelia Wells, Luxembourg – The poems inside

3rd Prize: Valentina Venti, Luxembourg – Rêverie: La perfection

Mention spéciale du Jury (Special Mention of the Jury): Cheryl Fairon, Luxembourg – Down the rabbit hole

Coup de coeur of the Jury: Maria Lucas Cruz, Portugal - Um sonho tornado realidade

Audience Award (online voting): Tiago Delgado, Portugal - Valpaços- Essências naturais

 

 

Age category 18 - 26 years

 

1st Prize - Prix Laurence 2022: Ognyan Darinov 'Flame', Luxembourg- The Laddie at the Lake

2nd Prize: Jovaras Kelpšas, Lituanie - Antys yr (Ducks be)

3rd Prize: Camal Tahireddine, Luxembourg - L’Ère où la Lumière Réfléchit; Je mens

Mention spéciale du Jury (Special Mention of the Jury): Dominykas Matulionis, Lituanie – Žiurknuodžiai (Rat poison)

Coups de coeur of the Jury: Zayn Rawil, Luxembourg - Les peines hirondelles; Chère Isabelle Eberhardt AND Lynn André Rosa, Luxembourg - An Elegy from the Riverbed

Audience Award (online voting): Linas Daugėla, Lituanie - šaukšto megapolis (The megapolis of a spoon)

 

 

Our congratulations to all the winners!

 

And a big thank you to all the finalists and participants of the competition.

 

  

Let us recall that 168 young authors participated with 239 texts in this 7th European edition of the competition, organised in the framework of the participation of the municipality of Bettembourg in Esch2022, European Capital of Culture.

 

 

The Prix Laurence 2022 anthology, containing the texts of all the finalists and winners in the 2 age categories (12 to 17 years old and 18 to 26 years old), will be available soon!

 

Photos of the finals can be found here.