Gabriel Miró Prize awarded to José Agustín Blanco Redondo

José Agustín Blanco Redondo has won the 64th Gabriel Miró Short Story Prize in Alicante with his work ‘El velo de un presagio’. The story, which explores rural and social themes through the lens of class conflict between landowners and laborers, was selected by the Fundación Mediterráneo.

This year’s competition saw record participation, with 3,378 original entries submitted. The jury praised the narrative structure and the depth of the proposal, noting its connection to the literary tradition of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Additionally, Jesús Tornés Mota received the ‘Accésit’ award for his story ‘Línea de fuga’, which follows an investigator's obsession with a water current that mysteriously disappears from a map.