Alicante Medical College announces 2026 literary contest winners

The Ateneo Cultural of the Official College of Physicians of Alicante (COMA) has announced the winners of its 2026 Literary Contest. The initiative aims to highlight the creative and artistic talents of medical professionals and their families.

In the seventh edition of the short story competition in Spanish, Dr. Abdón Rojas Rodríguez won first prize for ‘Las reinas de la ceiba’. Dr. Roberto Hurtado García received an honorable mention for ‘El negro se hace con cariño’, while María Escudero Gómez-Pardo was named a finalist for ‘Los cobres’.

In the sixth edition of the poetry competition in Spanish, Dr. Alfredo V. Miralles Pastor was awarded for his work ‘Destellos metafísicos’. No entries were submitted for the Valencian language categories in either short story or poetry this year.