BOOK / IN SHORT

STORIES In short, the first short story compilation promoted by the Gran Canaria Island Council and Astiberri Ediciones, includes a total of 12 winning entries (three first prizes—€3,000, €1,500, and €1,000, respectively—and nine runners-up—€400 each; a total of €9,100 in cash has been awarded). A total of 297 different proposals were submitted to this first call, which aims to be held biannually. As cartoonist Rayco Pulido, National Prize winner with Lamia and a member of the judging panel—which included Carlos García of the Gran Canaria Island Library, cartoonist Mamen Moreu, journalist Tereixa Constenla, and Astiberri editor Fernando Tarancón—points out, the content of En corto "ranges from vulgar humor to narrative experimentation based on geometric abstraction, but in between you'll find suspense, local color, visual poetry, surrealism, social criticism, Siberian adventure, horror... and Viento de Levante." Each story, Pulido assures, "has something that made it shine. I hope read