The list of winners of the “My Favorite Story Hunter” contest was recently announced., that rewarded boys from among 7 Y 12 years from all over the country.

This proposal, which was carried out under the motto “We win… we lost, “We still have fun”, It reached its fourth edition and the texts of all the participants were seen by a prestigious jury composed of Nicolás Schuff, Violeta Canggianelli and Fernanda Argüello.

In total they were 240 the boys who participated in this edition and, within the Squirrel Category (for children of 7 Y 8 years) “Luna and the contests” were distinguished, by Emilia Francisca Benes (St. Anthony of Padua, Buenos Aires).

There were also special mentions that went to “An unforgettable camp”, by Jerónimo Casal (CABA) and “The Umbrella Man”, by León Odín Marrama Pau (The Baggins, Black river).

Then, within the Foxes Category (9 Y 10 years) the story “The Race” was awarded, by Maria Victoria Brown (La Plata, Buenos Aires). In the Deer Category (11 Y 12 years) the winner was Eva Llona (CABA), with his “Difficult to understand”.

Silvia Badarotti, director of the contest explained that “when choosing a topic for the contest, Every year we try to make it close to childhood, that has literary potential and that also stimulates reflection”. In this way, “toda esa enorme felicidad colectiva que despertó el Mundial de Fútbol fue importante en la elección del tema ‘Ganamos, we lost, igual nos divertimos’, but, especially, nos pareció que era una buena excusa para reflexionar sobre lo más importante, que no es ganar o perder. Lo importante es pasarla bien”.

La directoria sostuvo que “nos gusta mucho la frase saber perder es un súper poder porque que resume el espíritu de esta edición”.