{"id":1553,"date":"2022-08-29T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/?page_id=1553"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:55:21","slug":"creative-writing-competition-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slcr.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/creative-writing-competition-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing Competition 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every year, the Spanish department organizes a creative writing competition in which students from every level are encouraged to participate. This year\u2019s prompt was \u201cLa Felicidad en 100 palabras\u201d<\/em>: Happiness in 100 words. The call for submissions read<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLa felicidad en 100 palabras\u201d is an initiative that seeks to promote creative writing among the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race (SLCR) students of Spanish across campuses and regardless of language proficiency level. Each learner of Spanish language and cultures\u2014starting at the 101 level\u2014can produce texts that go above and beyond the mere instrumental acquisition and use of the language. Each learner of Spanish can create literature.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite you to submit a short story written in Spanish, a tale of a maximum of 100 words (not counting the title) that creatively reflects on the topic of happiness: When were you happy for the very first time? How has this memory marked your life? How has it shaped your idea of happiness afterwards? Perhaps you are thinking of what made someone else happy: a friend, a pet, a grandparent, or a stranger who crossed your path and you never saw again. We are not looking for an academic essay that defines the notion of happiness but rather a personal depiction of a special experience, encounter, or hope for the future that makes your reader say: \u201cThis story ignites those enigmatic emotions that get at the core of what happiness really is.\u201d We are calling for submissions of all sorts of stories, styles, and approaches: intimate, philosophical, science fiction, memory tale, humorous, (auto)biographical, testimonial, among others.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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\u201cTo sharpen a pen and smell it. They\u2019re right\u2026 Happiness is free.\u201d Enriqueta y Fellini: \u201cLa felicidad es gratis,\u201d by Argentinian cartoonist Liniers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The winners were announced during the SLCR Awards Ceremony on April 18.  They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

400 Level Category: Vanesa Veniaminovna Marar<\/strong>, Pullman Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Vanesa<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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La felicidad es\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Llevar una vyshyvanka, y adornarme la cabeza con un colorido vinok<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escuchar las voces blancas resonando a trav\u00e9s de las colinas de amapolas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caminar por los senderos y ver las casas de ladrillos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escuchar la risa, no los gritos cortados por la brusquedad de la muerte\u2026 el llanto amargo de hu\u00e9rfanos y viudas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ver los cuerpos de hermanos llenos de vida, no destrozados por balas y proyectiles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tener una ni\u00f1ez no ennegrecida y asfixiada por la guerra<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ver el azul y el amarillo puros y brillantes, no manchados de rojo-sangre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La felicidad es estar en la patria y<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ser ucraniana.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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300 Level Category: Alma Melchor Burgos<\/strong>, Vancouver Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Juan Pablo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

aunque ya est\u00e9s lejos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

nosotros recordamos tu sombrero,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

y \u00c9l, siempre, tus consejos,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

en este triste febrero<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a\u00fan lloramos tu muerte<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

recordamos tus rega\u00f1os<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

y c\u00f3mo a\u00fan quisi\u00e9ramos tenerte <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

c\u00f3mo suplicar\u00edamos por m\u00e1s a\u00f1os<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

c\u00f3mo me acuerdo de tu paleta payaso<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tu pelo blanco como algod\u00f3n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

y c\u00f3mo quisiera darte otro abrazo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

y pedirte perd\u00f3n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

te extra\u00f1o mucho, \u00c9l, a\u00fan m\u00e1s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

te fuiste sin un adi\u00f3s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c9l nunca te olvidar\u00e1, jam\u00e1s <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

pero ahora est\u00e1s junto a Dios<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

gracias por tanta felicidad<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

te amaremos hasta la eternidad<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salud<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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100\/200 Level Category: Callie Kuykendall<\/strong>, Pullman Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Un c\u00edrculo de c\u00edtrico.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La felicidad y la tristeza comparten una nariz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando una inhala la otra exhala<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ya que conozco el sabor de una naranja dulce, reconozco cuando otra carece de \u00e9l<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfSignifica que me arrepiento de las deliciosas y as\u00ed las otras saben mejor?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claro que no<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfMe arrepiento de las malas?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todav\u00eda no<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Porque las malas naranjas me hicieron dar cuenta de que las buenas eran regalos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y, \u00bfsabes qu\u00e9?, a veces respiramos la felicidad y la tristeza a la vez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Cuando el delicioso sabor se desvanezca de mi lengua, estar\u00e9 triste.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pero, por la misma raz\u00f3n estar\u00e9 feliz porque el mal sabor se desvanecer\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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The competition was covered by The Daily Evergreen<\/strong><\/em>, where the work of the first-place winners were published. Read their article here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than being published, the first-place winners received a diploma, a book, an SLCR t-shirt, and a representative gift of a Hispanic country or culture. Second- and third-place winners in each category received a diploma and SLCR memorabilia.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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